macareux
\ma.ka.ʁø\
The verdict
“macareux” is uncommon French (frequency #92,957 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,957
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oiseau marin de la famille des alcidés au plumage noir et blanc et au bec coloré, vivant en colonies dans les régions tempérées fraîches de l'Atlantique et du Pacifique nord.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macareux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ka.ʁø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “macareux” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
macareux is uncommon French at frequency #92,957 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ka.ʁø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oiseau marin de la famille des alcidés au plumage noir et blanc et au bec coloré, vivant en colonies dans les régions tempérées fraîches de l'Atlantique et du Pacifique nord.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for macareux, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is macareux, spelled M-A-C-A-R-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Oiseau marin de la famille des alcidés au plumage noir et blanc et au bec coloré, vivant en colonies dans les régions tempérées fraîches de l'Atlantique et du Pacifique nord.
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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.
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Using “macareux”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-C-A-R-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.ka.ʁø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.