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macro

ma·cro/ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/adjective, noun, verb

macro is spelled M-A-C-R-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables (ma·cro). It appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, macro means “Very large in scale or scope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in macro?

Letters5: M-A-C-R-O
Syllables2: ma·cro
In writing5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is macro?

Macro appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th 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 macro?

  • US /ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/
  • UK /ˈmæk.ɹəʊ/

Macro has 2 syllables, split ma·cro in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-macro.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-macro-.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with macro?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as macro (/ækɹoʊ/).

Spelled with the same letters in another order: marco, carom.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of macro

  • macros plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • macroes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • macroing participle, present
  • macro'ing participle, present
  • macroed participle, past
  • macrod participle, past
  • macro'ed participle, past
  • macro'd participle, past
  • macr-

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does macro mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Very large in scale or scope.

  2. 2

    colloquialClipping of macrobiotic.

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialClipping of macroeconomics.

  2. 2

    slangClipping of macromanagement.

  3. 3

    colloquialClipping of macronutrient.

  4. 4

    colloquialClipping of macrophile.

  5. 5

    colloquialClipping of macrophilia.

  6. 6

    colloquialIn the context of macrophilia, one who is abnormally very large.

  7. 7

    colloquialEllipsis of macro lens.

  8. 8

    A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.

    The preprocessor expands any embedded macros into source code before it is compiled.

verb

  1. 1

    informalTo use a macro.

  2. 2

    informalTo use a macro on (something).

  3. 3

    slangClipping of macromanage.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Macro in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmacro, macro-commande (abbreviation of complicated input), macro- (large)
GermanMakro (abbreviation of complicated input), makro- (large)
Portuguesemacro (abbreviation of complicated input), macro- (large)
Spanishmacro (abbreviation of complicated input), macro- (large)

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 macro come from?

From macro-, from French, from Latin, ulimately from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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