macrophage
/ˈmækɹɔʊː.feɪd͡ʒ/
"macrophage" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“macrophage” is uncommon English (frequency #56,890 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,890
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innat...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macrophage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmækɹɔʊː.feɪd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “macrophage” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
macrophage is uncommon English at frequency #56,890 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmækɹɔʊː.feɪd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innat...".
macrophage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: From macro- + -phage, both from Ancient Greek. The correct English form is macrophage, spelled M-A-C-R-O-P-H-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
Etymology
From macro- + -phage, both from Ancient Greek.
This word in other languages
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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- The one correct English spelling is M-A-C-R-O-P-H-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.