Maccas
"maccas" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Maccas” is uncommon English (frequency #90,682 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,682
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of Macca's (“McDonald's”).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maccas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,682 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maccas” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Maccas is uncommon English at frequency #90,682 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Maccas, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Maccas, spelled M-A-C-C-A-S.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of Macca's (“McDonald's”).
- 2"Macaronis", a surf break in Mentawai Islands Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Maccas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-C-C-A-S - 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.