macilent
/ˈmas.ɪ.lənt/
"macilent" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“macilent” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lean; thin; emaciated
Corpus desk
Index EN-macilent · macilent · English
macilent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macilent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmas.ɪ.lənt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “macilent” in English
Rare enough to double-check
macilent is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈmas.ɪ.lənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lean; thin; emaciated".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for macilent, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin macilentus (“lean, thin, meagre”), from Latin maciēs (“leanness; poverty”), from Latin macer (“meager; poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with English emaciate and meagre. The correct English form is macilent, spelled M-A-C-I-L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Lean; thin; emaciated
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how macilent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It ought not to be doubted but that there will yet be a time of so copious an effusion of the Holy Spirit, as will invigorate it afresh and make it spring up, out of its macilent withered state, into its primitive liveliness and beauty.
Etymology
From Latin macilentus (“lean, thin, meagre”), from Latin maciēs (“leanness; poverty”), from Latin macer (“meager; poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with English emaciate and meagre.
Synonyms
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.