Makassar
"makassar" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Makassar” is uncommon English (frequency #73,404 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,404
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital and largest city of South Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-makassar · Makassar · English
Makassar · rank #73,404 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,404
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Makarov
Nearest frequency peer: Makarov (-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 “Makassar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- magnanimity
magnanimity
26,600 corpus weight
- Makarov
Makarov
26,598 corpus weight
- Makassar
Makassar
26,597 corpus weight
- malate
malate
26,596 corpus weight
- mandrel
mandrel
26,595 corpus weight
- Marengo
Marengo
26,593 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Makassar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Makassar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Makassar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Makassar is uncommon English at frequency #73,404 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The capital and largest city of South Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Makassar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Dutch Makassar, from Portuguese Macáçar, from Malay Mengkasar, from Makasar Mangkasaraʼ. The correct English form is Makassar, spelled M-A-K-A-S-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1The capital and largest city of South Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Etymology
From Dutch Makassar, from Portuguese Macáçar, from Malay Mengkasar, from Makasar Mangkasaraʼ.
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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