Macao
\ma.ka.o\
The verdict
“Macao” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,030
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Ville de Chine, ancienne colonie portugaise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-macao · Macao · French
Macao · rank #29,030 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,030
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH lutin
Nearest frequency peer: lutin (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Macao”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Louisa
Louisa
70,974 corpus weight
- lucile
lucile
70,973 corpus weight
- lutin
lutin
70,972 corpus weight
- Macao
Macao
70,971 corpus weight
- magma
magma
70,970 corpus weight
- manchette
manchette
70,969 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Macao” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Macao |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.ka.o\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Macao” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Macao (IPA \ma.ka.o\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,030 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ville de Chine, ancienne colonie portugaise.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Macao, with forms such as "amcao", "maaco", and "maccao". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MCA", "maya", "malo", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Macao, spelled M-A-C-A-O.
Definition
- 1Ville de Chine, ancienne colonie portugaise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Macao appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Macao, ville et port de la Chine, province de Quang-Toung, située à l’extrémité méridionale d’une petite île de son nom, dans la baie de Canton, à peu près à 16 l. au sud de l’embouchure du fleuve Tchu-Kiang.
On ne parle pas portugais seulement à Lisbonne ou à Brasilia, mais aussi en Angola, à Macao ou au Timor oriental.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amcao
- maaco
- maccao
- macoa
- mcaao
- mmacao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Macao - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Macao", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
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.