macareux moine
\ma.ka.ʁø mwan\
The verdict
“macareux moine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce d'oiseau palmipède marin, noir et blanc ou noir, gris et blanc, au bec triangulaire, et qui vit en haute mer sauf lors de sa reproduction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-macareux-moine · macareux moine · French
macareux moine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macareux moine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ka.ʁø mwan\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
macareux moine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ka.ʁø mwan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce d'oiseau palmipède marin, noir et blanc ou noir, gris et blanc, au bec triangulaire, et qui vit en haute mer sauf lors de sa reproduction.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for macareux moine in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is macareux moine, spelled M-A-C-A-R-E-U-X- -M-O-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce d'oiseau palmipède marin, noir et blanc ou noir, gris et blanc, au bec triangulaire, et qui vit en haute mer sauf lors de sa reproduction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how macareux moine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les oiseaux qui vivent par milliers sur ce récif appartiennent à cinq espèces différentes : la Mouette tridactyle, le Puffin majeur ou à face blanche, le Macareux moine, le Fou de Bassan et le Guillemot à capuchon.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.