# Skye

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /skaɪ/ · frequency rank #18,431

## Definitions
1. Ellipsis of Isle of Skye, a large island in Scotland.
2. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, or a fanciful spelling of the word sky.
3. A community in The Nation municipality, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.
4. An eastern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside, South Australia.
5. A southern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
Derived from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, of long disputed (probably non-Indo-European substrate) origin, with several theories proposed and none widely accepted; see Etymology of Skye.

## Easily confused with
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-sy)
- **spy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-spy)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-sue)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-soy)
- **sly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-sly)
- **Syd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-syd)
- **SME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-sme)
- **syn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-syn)
- **SSE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-sse)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-soe)
- **SLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-sle)
- **sry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-sry)
- **some** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-some)
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-sure)
- **sole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-sole)
- **sore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-sore)
- **soya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-soya)
- **Styx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-styx)
- **sone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-sone)
- **style** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-style)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ksye`, `skey`, `skkye`, `skyye`, `sskye`, `syke`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/skye