macérer
\ma.se.ʁe\
The verdict
“macérer” is uncommon French (frequency #63,898 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,898
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laisser séjourner dans un liquide des fruits, des légumes ou de la viande.
Corpus desk
Index FR-macerer · macérer · French
macérer · rank #63,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,898
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH magiquement
Nearest frequency peer: magiquement (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « macérer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ltée
Ltée
36,108 corpus weight
- Luv
Luv
36,106 corpus weight
- macérer
macérer
36,103 corpus weight
- magiquement
magiquement
36,102 corpus weight
- mandibules
mandibules
36,100 corpus weight
- maniaco
maniaco
36,099 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « macérer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macérer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ma.se.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « macérer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
macérer is uncommon French at frequency #63,898 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ma.se.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for macérer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is macérer, spelled M-A-C-É-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Laisser séjourner dans un liquide des fruits, des légumes ou de la viande.
- 2Être confiné dans une situation inconfortable.
- 3Affliger son corps par diverses austérités pour se rendre agréable à Dieu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how macérer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant 25 jours, mettre à macérer dans l'alcool et sans les rompre les baies de cassis avec les feuilles, la cannelle et le girofle. Après ce temps, filtrer sans presser, ajouter le sirop et filtrer encore 10 jours après.
La première, qui est la plus simple et la plus rapide, consiste à mettre d’abord à macérer les parties de plantes uniquement dans l’alcool.
Synonyms
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); 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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