skyper
\skaj.pe\
The verdict
“skyper” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Communiquer par Skype.
Corpus desk
Index FR-skyper · skyper · French
skyper · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skyper |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \skaj.pe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « skyper » en français
Rare enough to double-check
skyper is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \skaj.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Communiquer par Skype.".
skyper doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is skyper, spelled S-K-Y-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Communiquer par Skype.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how skyper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous skypons une fois par week-end, et échangeons des mails de temps à autre.
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.