majolica
/məˈd͡ʒɒlɪkə/
"majolica" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“majolica” is uncommon English (frequency #92,836 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,836
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Earthenware decorated with coloured lead silicate glazes applied directly to an unglazed body.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | majolica |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /məˈd͡ʒɒlɪkə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “majolica” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
majolica is uncommon English at frequency #92,836 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /məˈd͡ʒɒlɪkə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for majolica in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian maiolica, named after the Island of Mallorca (formerly known as Maiolica), which was once a commerce center for work produced in Valencia, Spain. Doublet of Mallorca and Majorca. The correct English form is majolica, spelled M-A-J-O-L-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Earthenware decorated with coloured lead silicate glazes applied directly to an unglazed body.
- 2Earthenware coated with opaque white tin-glaze, decorated with coloured metal oxide enamel(s).
Etymology
From Italian maiolica, named after the Island of Mallorca (formerly known as Maiolica), which was once a commerce center for work produced in Valencia, Spain. Doublet of Mallorca and Majorca.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “majolica”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-J-O-L-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /məˈd͡ʒɒlɪkə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.