major general
"major-general" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“major general” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A military officer in the armies of most nations, typically ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier.
Corpus desk
Index EN-major-general · major general · English
major general · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | major general |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “major general” in English
Rare enough to double-check
major general is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A military officer in the armies of most nations, typically ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for major general, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 English form is major general, spelled M-A-J-O-R- -G-E-N-E-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1A military officer in the armies of most nations, typically ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how major general appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy-- [...] You'll say a better major-general has never sat agee.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.