macadamia

\ma.ka.da.mja\

/\ma.ka.da.mja\/ noun

The verdict

“macadamia” is uncommon French (frequency #92,956 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,956
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre de plantes originaires de l’hémisphère Sud qui comprend plusieurs espèces d’arbres aux feuilles coriaces persistantes dont le noyer du Queensland qui donne les noix de macadamia.

Corpus desk

Index FR-macadamia · macadamia · French

macadamia · rank #92,956 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,956
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Maaloula

Nearest frequency peer: Maaloula (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « macadamia »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « macadamia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for macadamia
PropertyValue
Headwordmacadamia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ka.da.mja\
Letters9
Frequency rank#92,956
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « macadamia » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.macadamiatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Maaloula » (#92,955), « macareux » (#92,957), « Lécuyer » (#92,952). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « macadamia » est au #92,956. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

macadamia is uncommon French at frequency #92,956 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ka.da.mja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre de plantes originaires de l’hémisphère Sud qui comprend plusieurs espèces d’arbres aux feuilles coriaces persistantes dont le noyer du Queensland qui donne les noix de macadamia.".

macadamia has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is macadamia, spelled M-A-C-A-D-A-M-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre de plantes originaires de l’hémisphère Sud qui comprend plusieurs espèces d’arbres aux feuilles coriaces persistantes dont le noyer du Queensland qui donne les noix de macadamia.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "macadamia"?
"macadamia" is spelled M-A-C-A-D-A-M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ka.da.mja\.
What does "macadamia" mean?
As a noun, "macadamia" means: Genre de plantes originaires de l’hémisphère Sud qui comprend plusieurs espèces d’arbres aux feuilles coriaces persistantes dont le noyer du Queensland qui donne les noix de macadamia.
How do you pronounce "macadamia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "macadamia" is \ma.ka.da.mja\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "macadamia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list