maculer
\ma.ky.le\
The verdict
“maculer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tacher, barbouiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maculer · maculer · French
maculer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maculer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ma.ky.le\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maculer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maculer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ma.ky.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
maculer has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maculer, spelled M-A-C-U-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tacher, barbouiller.
- 2En parlant des feuilles imprimées et des estampes.
- 3Se tacher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maculer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne faut pas battre des feuilles fraîchement imprimées, de peur de les maculer.
Ces épreuves sont illisibles, tant elles sont maculées.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.