Which to use
“ship” and “Ski” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,693
- “ship” frequency rank
- #3,038
- “Ski” frequency rank
- 26731
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ship | Ski |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couple principalement non officiel ou non canonique entre des personnages. | Ski. |
Where the eye mixes ship and Ski
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses ship with Ski
A purely visual mix-up. ship (\ʃip\) and Ski (\ʃiː\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ship is recorded at frequency rank #23,693, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃip\. Ski is at rank #3,038, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃiː\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 26731, this pair ranks #333,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ship vs Ski
Shared letters: is. Private to "ship": hp. Private to "Ski": k.
"ship" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Ski" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ship ← hsip · shhip · shipp · shpi · sihp · sship
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ship" for "Ski" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ship" vs "Ski" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ship" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Ski" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ship" and "Ski" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sepp vs ship". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #333,177 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.