Makkaroni
[makaˈʁoːni]
The verdict
“Makkaroni” is uncommon German (frequency #90,600 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,600
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - röhrenförmige Nudeln aus Hartweizenmehl
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Makkaroni |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [makaˈʁoːni] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Makkaroni” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Makkaroni is uncommon German at frequency #90,600 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [makaˈʁoːni]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "röhrenförmige Nudeln aus Hartweizenmehl".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Makkaroni in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Makkaroni, spelled M-A-K-K-A-R-O-N-I.
Definition
- 1röhrenförmige Nudeln aus Hartweizenmehl
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Makkaroni”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-K-K-A-R-O-N-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [makaˈʁoːni] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.