mak

\mak\

/\mak\/ noun

The verdict

“mak” is uncommon French (frequency #50,956 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,956
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue tai-kadai parlée dans la région de Yangfeng, Fangcun Jialiang et les villages de Di’e au nord-ouest du canton de Libo dans la province du Guizhou, en République populaire de Chine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mak · mak · French

mak · rank #50,956 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,956
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH macs

Nearest frequency peer: macs (-2 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 « mak »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mak
PropertyValue
Headwordmak
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mak\
Letters3
Frequency rank#50,956
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mak » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).maktombe 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: « macs » (#50,954), « malveillantes » (#50,958), « machos » (#50,953). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mak » est au #50,956. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mak is uncommon French at frequency #50,956 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langue tai-kadai parlée dans la région de Yangfeng, Fangcun Jialiang et les villages de Di’e au nord-ouest du canton de Libo dans la province du Guizhou, en République populaire de Chine.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for mak in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 mak, spelled M-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue tai-kadai parlée dans la région de Yangfeng, Fangcun Jialiang et les villages de Di’e au nord-ouest du canton de Libo dans la province du Guizhou, en République populaire de Chine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les langues apparentées au thai, mais parlées au nord-est, ont un autre nom pour la rizière : ya6 en lakkia ; ya5 en mak et en tong ; […]

This word in other languages

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 "mak"?
"mak" is spelled M-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is \mak\.
What does "mak" mean?
As a noun, "mak" means: Langue tai-kadai parlée dans la région de Yangfeng, Fangcun Jialiang et les villages de Di’e au nord-ouest du canton de Libo dans la province du Guizhou, en République populaire de Chine.
How do you pronounce "mak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mak" is \mak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mak" come from?
"mak" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list