skype
/skaɪp/verb
skype is spelled S-K-Y-P-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, skype means “To make (a telephone call) using Skype software” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in skype?
| Letters | 5: S-K-Y-P-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is skype?
Skype appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce skype?
- /skaɪp/
Skype has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-skype.ogg, En-uk-skype.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Skype.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with skype?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as skype.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pesky.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of skype
- skypes present, singular, he/she/it
- skyping participle, present
- skypeing participle, present
- skyped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skype mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To make (a telephone call) using Skype software.
- 2
To send (a message or file) with Skype.
- 3
To contact (a person) via Skype.
I'll skype you tomorrow. We can skype for a couple of hours.
verb
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of skype.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Skype in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense make a Skype telephone call:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | skyper |
| German | skypen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does skype come from?
From Skype.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).