macaire

/[maˈkajɾe]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,023

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

macaire is aFrenchnoun. It means: Oiseleur à la glu. Pronounced [maˈkajɾe]. Often confused with maire and machine.

Key facts for macaire
PropertyValue
Headwordmacaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈkajɾe]
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,023
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of macaire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for macaire is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈkajɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,023 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Oiseleur à la glu.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for macaire, with forms such as "amcaire", "maacire", and "macaier". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "maire", "machine", "molaire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is macaire, spelled M-A-C-A-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oiseleur à la glu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amcaire,maacire,macaier,macairre,macarie,maccaire,maciare,mcaaire,mmacaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for macaire

Misspelling Variants of "macaire"

amcaire7maacire7macaier7macairre8macarie7maccaire8maciare7mcaaire7
Misspelling Variants of "macaire"

Frequency rank: #48,023 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "macaire"?
"macaire" is spelled M-A-C-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈkajɾe].
What does "macaire" mean?
As a noun, "macaire" means: Oiseleur à la glu.
What words are commonly confused with "macaire"?
"macaire" is commonly confused with "maire", "machine", "molaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "macaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "macaire" is [maˈkajɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "macaire" come from?
"macaire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.