MacGyver
\mak.ɡaj.vœʁ\
The verdict
“MacGyver” is uncommon French (frequency #60,181 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,181
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne très bricoleuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-macgyver · MacGyver · French
MacGyver · rank #60,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,181
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH macarena
Nearest frequency peer: macarena (-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 « MacGyver »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- létal
létal
39,823 corpus weight
- macarena
macarena
39,821 corpus weight
- MacGyver
MacGyver
39,820 corpus weight
- machinisme
machinisme
39,819 corpus weight
- mada
mada
39,818 corpus weight
- magistraux
magistraux
39,817 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « MacGyver » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | MacGyver |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mak.ɡaj.vœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « MacGyver » en français
Rare enough to double-check
MacGyver is uncommon French at frequency #60,181 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mak.ɡaj.vœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne très bricoleuse.".
MacGyver doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is MacGyver, spelled M-A-C-G-Y-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Personne très bricoleuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how MacGyver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En fait, t’es un vrai MacGyver. Avec un morceau de bois tu vas nous construire un frigo, c’est ça ?
[Thibault Fouillet] L’armée ukrainienne est une armée MacGyver. Sa capacité à s’adapter et à trouver des solutions innovantes explique en partie ses bonnes performances sur le terrain.
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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