macron
\ma.kʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“macron” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,141 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,141
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Diacritique de l’alphabet latin, grec ou cyrillique, qui prend la forme d’une barre horizontale (‹ ◌̄ ›) que l’on place au-dessus d’une lettre pour indiquer une abbréviation, une qualité phonétique...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.kʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “macron” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for macron is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.kʁɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,141 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Diacritique de l’alphabet latin, grec ou cyrillique, qui prend la forme d’une barre horizontale (‹ ◌̄ ›) que l’on place au-dessus d’une lettre pour indiquer une abbréviation, une qualité phonétique...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for macron, with forms such as "amcron", "maccron", and "macorn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Maroc", "micro", "marin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is macron, spelled M-A-C-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Diacritique de l’alphabet latin, grec ou cyrillique, qui prend la forme d’une barre horizontale (‹ ◌̄ ›) que l’on place au-dessus d’une lettre pour indiquer une abbréviation, une qualité phonétique ou un ton distinct ; par exemple dans certaines transcriptions au-dessus d’une lettre de voyelle pour indiquer qu’elle est longue comme ā, ē, ī, ō, ū et ȳ, dans la transcription pinyin de la langue chinoise indiquant le ton plat, ou premier ton comme ā, ē, ī, ō, ū et ǖ.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amcron,maccron,macorn,macrno,macronn,macrron,marcon,mcaron,mmacron
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of macron - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “macron”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-C-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.kʁɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Maroc” - see the side-by-side comparison. macron vs Maroc
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.