marjoram
/ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/
"marjoram" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marjoram” is uncommon English (frequency #81,542 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,542
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
Corpus desk
Index EN-marjoram · marjoram · English
marjoram · rank #81,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,542
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH marikina
Nearest frequency peer: marikina (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “marjoram”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Maoism
Maoism
18,463 corpus weight
- marikina
marikina
18,460 corpus weight
- marjoram
marjoram
18,459 corpus weight
- Marland
Marland
18,458 corpus weight
- Marriner
Marriner
18,456 corpus weight
- Maruyama
Maruyama
18,455 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “marjoram” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “marjoram” in English
Rare enough to double-check
marjoram is uncommon English at frequency #81,542 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marjoram appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Lillie I condemned for thy hand, / And buds of marierom had ſtolne thy haire
Among the ancients, especially the Romans, marjoram was known to have an aphrodisiac value.
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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