macaroon
/ˌmæk.əˈɹuːn/noun
macaroon is spelled M-A-C-A-R-O-O-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, macaroon means “A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of macaroon is macaroons.
How many letters and syllables are in macaroon?
| Letters | 8: M-A-C-A-R-O-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is macaroon?
Macaroon appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th 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 macaroon?
- /ˌmæk.əˈɹuːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-macaroon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of macaroon
- macaroons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does macaroon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
- 2
Alternative spelling of macaron.
- 3
archaicA coarse, rude, low fellow.
Like a big wife, at sight of lothed meat, Ready to travail; so I sigh and sweat, To hear this macaroon talk on in vain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Macaroon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough:
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 macaroon come from?
From French macaron. Doublet of macaron.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).