North Macedonia
/noɹθ ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/
"north-macedonia" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“North Macedonia” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of North Macedonia. Capital and largest city: Skopje. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992. The current name was adopted in 2...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | North Macedonia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /noɹθ ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “North Macedonia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for North Macedonia is 15 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /noɹθ ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for North Macedonia in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From north + Macedonia. Suggested as a name for the republic since at least the 1990s. Part of the official name of the country since February 2019. The correct English form is North Macedonia, spelled N-O-R-T-H- -M-A-C-E-D-O-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of North Macedonia. Capital and largest city: Skopje. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992. The current name was adopted in 2019 to resolve a naming dispute with Greece.
- 2The northern part of the geographical region known as Macedonia.
- 3The northern part of the modern Greek province of Macedonia.
- 4The northern part of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.
Etymology
From north + Macedonia. Suggested as a name for the republic since at least the 1990s. Part of the official name of the country since February 2019.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “North Macedonia”
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- The one correct English spelling is N-O-R-T-H- -M-A-C-E-D-O-N-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /noɹθ ˌmæs.əˈdoʊ.ni.ə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.