# skype

> English word · Verb · IPA /skaɪp/ · frequency rank #11,607

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Skype.

## Easily confused with
- **style** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skype-vs-style)
- **slope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skype-vs-slope)
- **swipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skype-vs-swipe)
- **snipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skype-vs-snipe)
- **Snape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skype-vs-snape)
- **stipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skype-vs-stipe)
- **sky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sky-vs-skype)
- **skip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skip-vs-skype)
- **Skye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skye-vs-skype)
- **shape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shape-vs-skype)
- **scope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scope-vs-skype)
- **skate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skate-vs-skype)
- **Skyler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skyler-vs-skype)
- **Skopje** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skopje-vs-skype)
- **Skynet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skynet-vs-skype)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ksype`, `skkype`, `skpye`, `skyep`, `skyppe`, `skyype`, `sskype`, `sykpe`

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