macaque

\ma.kak\

/\ma.kak\/ noun

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The verdict

“macaque” is uncommon French (frequency #50,341 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,341
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre de singes originaires d'Asie, de la sous-famille des cercopithécinés à tête plate et à queue courte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-macaque · macaque · French

macaque · rank #50,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,341
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH léguée

Nearest frequency peer: léguée (-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 “macaque”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “macaque” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for macaque
PropertyValue
Headwordmacaque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.kak\
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “macaque” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.macaquese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « léguée » (#50,340), « magistrate » (#50,342), « lynne » (#50,338). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

macaque is uncommon French at frequency #50,341 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.kak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre de singes originaires d'Asie, de la sous-famille des cercopithécinés à tête plate et à queue courte.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for macaque, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is macaque, spelled M-A-C-A-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre de singes originaires d'Asie, de la sous-famille des cercopithécinés à tête plate et à queue courte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how macaque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — Merci, dit-elle en grimaçant un refus à désespérer un macaque.
  2. Une étude menée par un chercheur de l’Université de Lethbridge, en Alberta, révèle que certains macaques à longue queue sont capables de prendre des décisions économiques rudimentaires.

This word in other languages

macaque(English)macaca(Español)Makak(Deutsch)macaca(Português)

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 "macaque"?
"macaque" is spelled M-A-C-A-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.kak\.
What does "macaque" mean?
As a noun, "macaque" means: Genre de singes originaires d'Asie, de la sous-famille des cercopithécinés à tête plate et à queue courte.
How do you pronounce "macaque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "macaque" is \ma.kak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "macaque" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list