macchiato
\ma.kja.to\
The verdict
“macchiato” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a 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) - Boisson chaude réalisée à partir d’un expresso, de lait chaud et de mousse de lait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-macchiato · macchiato · French
macchiato · 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 | macchiato |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.kja.to\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
macchiato is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.kja.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Boisson chaude réalisée à partir d’un expresso, de lait chaud et de mousse de lait.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for macchiato, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is macchiato, spelled M-A-C-C-H-I-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Boisson chaude réalisée à partir d’un expresso, de lait chaud et de mousse de lait.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how macchiato appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je te le redis de vive voix, ça serait cool, un matin, de partager un macchiato caramel avec toi.
Synonyms
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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.