macros

\ma.kʁo\

/\ma.kʁo\/ noun

The verdict

“macros” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,776
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de macro.

Corpus desk

Index FR-macros · macros · French

macros · rank #49,776 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,776
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH légation

Nearest frequency peer: légation (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « macros »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « macros » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

macros vs mars
67% similar
macros vs Maroc
50% similar
macros vs micro
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for macros
PropertyValue
Headwordmacros
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.kʁo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,776
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « macros »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).macrosse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « légation » (#49,775), « madeleines » (#49,777), « Lusignan » (#49,774). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « macros » est au #49,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around macros (IPA \ma.kʁo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,776 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de macro.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for macros, with forms such as "amcros", "maccros", and "macors". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mars", "Maroc", "micro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is macros, spelled M-A-C-R-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de macro.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amcros
  • maccros
  • macors
  • macross
  • macrros
  • macrso
  • mcaros
  • mmacros

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of macros - 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.

amcros2maccros1macors2macross1macrros1macrso2mcaros2mmacros1
Edit distance from "macros"

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 "macros"?
"macros" is spelled M-A-C-R-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.kʁo\.
What does "macros" mean?
As a noun, "macros" means: Pluriel de macro.
What words are commonly confused with "macros"?
"macros" is commonly confused with "mars", "Maroc", "micro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "macros"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "macros" is \ma.kʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "macros" come from?
"macros" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list