macarons
\ma.ka.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“macarons” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,428
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de macaron.
Corpus desk
Index FR-macarons · macarons · French
macarons · rank #29,428 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,428
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH lézards
Nearest frequency peer: lézards (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « macarons »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- losange
losange
70,577 corpus weight
- Lotto
Lotto
70,576 corpus weight
- lutins
lutins
70,575 corpus weight
- lézards
lézards
70,574 corpus weight
- macarons
macarons
70,573 corpus weight
- mala
mala
70,571 corpus weight
What this shows « macarons » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | macarons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ka.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « macarons »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around macarons (IPA \ma.ka.ʁɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,428 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de macaron.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for macarons, with forms such as "amcarons", "maacrons", and "macaorns". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "macron", "maçons", "macros", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is macarons, spelled M-A-C-A-R-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de macaron.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how macarons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bébé a voulu prendre des macarons chez Ladurée.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amcarons
- maacrons
- macaorns
- macarnos
- macaronns
- macaronss
- macarosn
- macarrons
- maccarons
- macraons
- mcaarons
- mmacarons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of macarons - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "macarons", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).