Macedonia
/ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/
"macedonia" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Macedonia” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #17,893 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #17,893
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the region of Macedonia in Greece, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania an...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Macedonia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Macedonia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Macedonia is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/. Corpus data places it at rank #17,893 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Macedonia, with forms such as "amcedonia", "maccedonia", and "macdeonia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Macedonian", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”). Doublet of macedoine. The correct English form is Macedonia, spelled M-A-C-E-D-O-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1A geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the region of Macedonia in Greece, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia.
- 2An ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
- 3Former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans.
- 4A geographic region and former administrative region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and the East Macedonia part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace.
- 5A geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia.
- 6A former constituent republic of Yugoslavia.
- 7A former province of the Roman Empire.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”). Doublet of macedoine.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amcedonia,maccedonia,macdeonia,maceddonia,macednoia,macedoina,macedonai,macedonnia,maceodnia,maecdonia,mcaedonia,mmacedonia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Macedonia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Macedonia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-C-E-D-O-N-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌmæs.əˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Macedonian” - see the side-by-side comparison. Macedonia vs Macedonian
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.