macina

\ma.si.na\

/\ma.si.na\/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“macina” is uncommon French (frequency #78,604 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,604
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Race mixte (laine et viande) d’ovins, originaires de l’Afrique de l'Ouest (Mali puis Niger), à toison et à peau souvent blanches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-macina · macina · French

macina · rank #78,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,604
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH madiran

Nearest frequency peer: madiran (+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 « macina »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « macina » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for macina
PropertyValue
Headwordmacina
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.si.na\
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,604
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « macina » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).macinatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « madiran » (#78,605), « lymphe » (#78,602), « madriers » (#78,606). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « macina » est au #78,604. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

macina is uncommon French at frequency #78,604 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.si.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Race mixte (laine et viande) d’ovins, originaires de l’Afrique de l'Ouest (Mali puis Niger), à toison et à peau souvent blanches.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for macina, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is macina, spelled M-A-C-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Race mixte (laine et viande) d’ovins, originaires de l’Afrique de l'Ouest (Mali puis Niger), à toison et à peau souvent blanches.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "macina"?
"macina" is spelled M-A-C-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.si.na\.
What does "macina" mean?
As a noun, "macina" means: Race mixte (laine et viande) d’ovins, originaires de l’Afrique de l'Ouest (Mali puis Niger), à toison et à peau souvent blanches.
How do you pronounce "macina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "macina" is \ma.si.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "macina" come from?
"macina" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "macina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lymphe#78,602magies#78,607Mahrez#78,611losing#78,589

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list