maior

[ˈmaːjɔr]

/[ˈmaːjɔr]/ adj

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The verdict

“maior” is uncommon German (frequency #70,537 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,537
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum des Komparativs des Adjektivs māgnus

Corpus desk

Index DE-maior · maior · German

maior · rank #70,537 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,537
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Maia

Nearest frequency peer: Maia (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „maior“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „maior“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for maior
PropertyValue
Headwordmaior
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmaːjɔr]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,537
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „maior“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).maiorfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Maia“ (#70,536), „Magisterarbeit“ (#70,535), „Majestäten“ (#70,539). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „maior“ bei #70,537. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maior is uncommon German at frequency #70,537 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmaːjɔr]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for maior, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is maior, spelled M-A-I-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum des Komparativs des Adjektivs māgnus
  2. 2
    Vokativ Singular Femininum des Komparativs des Adjektivs māgnus
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum des Komparativs des Adjektivs māgnus
  4. 4
    Vokativ Singular Maskulinum des Komparativs des Adjektivs māgnus

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maior"?
"maior" is spelled M-A-I-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaːjɔr].
What does "maior" mean?
As an adjective, "maior" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum des Komparativs des Adjektivs māgnus
How do you pronounce "maior"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maior" is [ˈmaːjɔr]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maior" come from?
"maior" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Manna#70,543liked#70,521medio#70,559medis#70,560

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list