Maccabées
\ma.ka.be\
The verdict
“Maccabées” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de Maccabée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maccabees · Maccabées · French
Maccabées · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Maccabées |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.ka.be\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Maccabées » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Maccabées is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.ka.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de Maccabée.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Maccabées in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Maccabées, spelled M-A-C-C-A-B-É-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de Maccabée.
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.