Macaulay's children
"macaulay-s-children" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Macaulay's children” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indian people who hate and reject their native culture in favor of westernization.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Macaulay's children |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Macaulay's children” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Macaulay's children is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indian people who hate and reject their native culture in favor of westernization.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Macaulay's children in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Thomas Babington Macaulay, a British politician who made English the language used by higher levels of formal education in India. The term refers to his views towards traditional Indian culture and the Hindu religion, which he described as stagnant and… The correct English form is Macaulay's children, spelled M-A-C-A-U-L-A-Y-'-S- -C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Indian people who hate and reject their native culture in favor of westernization.
Etymology
From Thomas Babington Macaulay, a British politician who made English the language used by higher levels of formal education in India. The term refers to his views towards traditional Indian culture and the Hindu religion, which he described as stagnant and unfit for the modern world.
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.
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Using “Macaulay's children”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-C-A-U-L-A-Y-'-S- -C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.