Which to use
“skin” and “soir” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,716
- “skin” frequency rank
- #47,619
- “soir” frequency rank
- 66335
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | skin | soir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pele | noite (período entre o anoitecer e a meia-noite) |
Where the eye mixes skin and soir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. skin (CCVC) and soir (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses skin with soir
A purely visual mix-up. skin (/ˈskin/) and soir (\swaʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
skin is recorded at frequency rank #18,716, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈskin/. soir is at rank #47,619, tagged as anoun, pronounced \swaʁ\.
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 66335, this pair ranks #5,032 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of skin vs soir
Shared letters: is. Private to "skin": kn. Private to "soir": or.
"skin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "soir" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "skin" for "soir" ever safe?
Which is more common, "skin" or "soir"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "skin" and "soir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "skin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,032 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "skin" and "soir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs soir". 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 #5,032 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.