majuscule
/ˈmædʒəskjuːl/
"majuscule" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“majuscule” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-majuscule · majuscule · English
majuscule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | majuscule |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmædʒəskjuːl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “majuscule” in English
Rare enough to double-check
majuscule is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmædʒəskjuːl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for majuscule, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French majuscule, from Latin maiusculus. The correct English form is majuscule, spelled M-A-J-U-S-C-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
- 2Capital letters.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how majuscule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Up to this point, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case.
But it is far from impossible that a scribe writing in minuscule should choose majuscule for a correction at this point: for example, if he had written u for n the only way to avoid all misunderstanding might be to indicate the correction with a capital letter.
Etymology
Borrowed from French majuscule, from Latin maiusculus.
Antonyms
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.