Which to use
“macaron” and “macarons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,903
- “macaron” frequency rank
- #29,428
- “macarons” frequency rank
- 67331
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | macaron | macarons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite pâtisserie ronde, dans laquelle il entre principalement des amandes et du sucre. | Pluriel de macaron. |
Same sound, different letters: macaron vs macarons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: macaron vs macarons
This is the hard kind. macaron and macarons are pronounced identically (\ma.ka.ʁɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “macaron” sits inside “macarons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
macaron is recorded at frequency rank #37,903, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ka.ʁɔ̃\. macarons is at rank #29,428, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ka.ʁɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 67331, this pair ranks #63,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of macaron vs macarons
Shared letters: acmnor. Private to "macaron": -. Private to "macarons": s.
"macaron" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "macarons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "macaron" and "macarons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "macaron" or "macarons"?
Useful next steps
"macaron" and "macarons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "macaron" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "macarons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,879 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "macaron" and "macarons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "macaron vs macros". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #63,879 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.