Macedonia

/[maseˈð̞onja]/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,192

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Macedonia is aSpanishname. It means: Región montuosa con fértiles valles de la península de los Balcanes, dividida entre Grecia, Bulgaria y Macedonia del Norte. Pronounced [maseˈð̞onja]. Often confused with macedonio and macedonios.

Key facts for Macedonia
PropertyValue
HeadwordMacedonia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[maseˈð̞onja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,192
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Macedonia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Macedonia is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maseˈð̞onja]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,192 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Macedonia, with forms such as "amcedonia", "maccedonia", and "macdeonia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "macedonio", "macedonios", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Macedonia, spelled M-A-C-E-D-O-N-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Región montuosa con fértiles valles de la península de los Balcanes, dividida entre Grecia, Bulgaria y Macedonia del Norte.
  2. 2
    Antiguo nombre de Macedonia del Norte (1991-2019).
  3. 3
    Región del norte de Grecia que coincide con el tercio sur del territorio que ocuparon los primitivos macedonios de la antigüedad. Ésta a su vez se divide administrativamente en Macedonia Occidental, Macedonia Central y Macedonia Oriental.
  4. 4
    Región de Bulgaria, cuya población es macedonia y que colinda con la Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia.
  5. 5
    Antiguo reino, cuyos límites primitivos son parecidos a los de Macedonia₁, y en donde se desarrolló la cultura macedónica, una de las componentes de la cultura helénica. Sus más famosos reyes fueron Filipo II y Alejandro Magno.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amcedonia,maccedonia,macdeonia,maceddonia,macednoia,macedoina,macedonai,macedonnia,maceodnia,maecdonia,masedonia,mcaedonia,mmacedonia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Macedonia

Misspelling Variants of "Macedonia"

amcedonia9maccedonia10macdeonia9maceddonia10macednoia9macedoina9macedonai9macedonnia10
Misspelling Variants of "Macedonia"

Frequency rank: #12,192 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Macedonia"?
"Macedonia" is spelled M-A-C-E-D-O-N-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maseˈð̞onja].
What does "Macedonia" mean?
As a name, "Macedonia" means: Región montuosa con fértiles valles de la península de los Balcanes, dividida entre Grecia, Bulgaria y Macedonia del Norte.
What words are commonly confused with "Macedonia"?
"Macedonia" is commonly confused with "macedonio", "macedonios". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Macedonia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Macedonia" is [maseˈð̞onja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Macedonia" come from?
"Macedonia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.