macs

\mak\

/\mak\/ noun

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The verdict

“macs” is uncommon French (frequency #50,954 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,954
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-macs · macs · French

macs · rank #50,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,954
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH machos

Nearest frequency peer: machos (-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 « macs »

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 « macs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for macs
PropertyValue
Headwordmacs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mak\
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,954
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « macs » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).macstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « machos » (#50,953), « mak » (#50,956), « lévitation » (#50,951). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « macs » est au #50,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

macs is uncommon French at frequency #50,954 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de mac.".

macs doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is macs, spelled M-A-C-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mac.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how macs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A la Bastille on trouve des dancingues qui ont une drôle de gueule, avec leurs types du mitan-miteux, les cloches, les macs au petit pied.

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 "macs"?
"macs" is spelled M-A-C-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mak\.
What does "macs" mean?
As a noun, "macs" means: Pluriel de mac.
How do you pronounce "macs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "macs" is \mak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "macs" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

loan#50,945mash#50,966LDLC#50,939meut#50,969

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list