micmac
\mik.mak\
The verdict
“micmac” is uncommon French (frequency #82,229 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,229
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intrigue, manigance, pratique secrète dont le but est blâmable ou semble tel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-micmac · micmac · French
micmac · rank #82,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,229
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Meung
Nearest frequency peer: Meung (-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 « micmac »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- menstruation
menstruation
17,775 corpus weight
- Meung
Meung
17,773 corpus weight
- micmac
micmac
17,772 corpus weight
- mikasa
mikasa
17,770 corpus weight
- millas
millas
17,769 corpus weight
- Minimoys
Minimoys
17,767 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « micmac » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | micmac |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mik.mak\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « micmac » en français
Rare enough to double-check
micmac is uncommon French at frequency #82,229 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mik.mak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for micmac, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is micmac, spelled M-I-C-M-A-C.
Definition
- 1Intrigue, manigance, pratique secrète dont le but est blâmable ou semble tel.
- 2Confusion et manque de clarté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how micmac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a eu bien du micmac dans cette affaire.
Un micmac à n’y rien comprendre ! reprit-il. […] Maintenant, ils me tiennent à droite, à gauche, derrière.
Synonyms
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.
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