maci
/ˈma.t͡sɪ/
"maci" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maci” is uncommon English (frequency #90,685 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,685
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A traditional Chinese rice cake snack made of glutinous rice, peanuts, and sugar.
Corpus desk
Index EN-maci · maci · English
maci · rank #90,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,685
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Madani
Nearest frequency peer: Madani (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “maci”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Maccas
Maccas
9,319 corpus weight
- maci
maci
9,316 corpus weight
- Madani
Madani
9,315 corpus weight
- maddock
maddock
9,314 corpus weight
- malky
malky
9,308 corpus weight
- malle
malle
9,307 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “maci” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maci |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈma.t͡sɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “maci” in English
Rare enough to double-check
maci is uncommon English at frequency #90,685 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈma.t͡sɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A traditional Chinese rice cake snack made of glutinous rice, peanuts, and sugar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for maci, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî). The correct English form is maci, spelled M-A-C-I.
Definition
- 1A traditional Chinese rice cake snack made of glutinous rice, peanuts, and sugar.
Etymology
From Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî).
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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