marjoram
/ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/
"marjoram" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marjoram” is an uncommon English word, ranked #81,542 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #81,542
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marjoram |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marjoram” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for marjoram is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/. Corpus data places it at rank #81,542 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for marjoram in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French majorane, from Medieval Latin maiōrana. The correct English form is marjoram, spelled M-A-R-J-O-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
- 2The leaves of this plant, especially dried, used in flavouring food.
Etymology
From Old French majorane, from Medieval Latin maiōrana.
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); 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 “marjoram”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-R-J-O-R-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/ (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.