Skopje

[ˈskɔpjɛ]

/[ˈskɔpjɛ]/ name

The verdict

“Skopje” is uncommon German (frequency #61,936 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,936
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Nordmazedonien

Corpus desk

Index DE-skopje · Skopje · German

Skopje · rank #61,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,936
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Skiverband

Nearest frequency peer: Skiverband (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Skopje“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Skopje“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Skopje
PropertyValue
HeadwordSkopje
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈskɔpjɛ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,936
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Skopje“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Skopjefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Skiverband“ (#61,935), „Sitzgruppe“ (#61,934), „slams“ (#61,938). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Skopje“ bei #61,936. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Skopje is uncommon German at frequency #61,936 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈskɔpjɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt von Nordmazedonien".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Skopje in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Skopje, spelled S-K-O-P-J-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt von Nordmazedonien

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Skopje appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Meine letzten Sommerferien verbrachte ich in Skopje.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Skopje"?
"Skopje" is spelled S-K-O-P-J-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈskɔpjɛ].
What does "Skopje" mean?
As a proper noun, "Skopje" means: Hauptstadt von Nordmazedonien
How do you pronounce "Skopje"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Skopje" is [ˈskɔpjɛ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Skopje" come from?
"Skopje" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Skopje", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list