Marjory
"marjory" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Marjory” is uncommon English (frequency #65,291 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,291
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Margery.
Corpus desk
Index EN-marjory · Marjory · English
Marjory · rank #65,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,291
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mapuche
Nearest frequency peer: Mapuche (-2 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 “Marjory”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mancha
mancha
34,715 corpus weight
- Mapuche
Mapuche
34,712 corpus weight
- Marjory
Marjory
34,710 corpus weight
- Martinelli
Martinelli
34,708 corpus weight
- Maryann
Maryann
34,707 corpus weight
- Mazur
Mazur
34,705 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Marjory” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marjory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Marjory” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Marjory is uncommon English at frequency #65,291 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Margery.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Marjory in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Marjory, spelled M-A-R-J-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Margery.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Marjory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If Barbara Gordon was like a name from a Scottish ballad, Marjory Taylor was the kind of name he heard on the radio sometimes, in English pop songs. Jennifer Eccles. Angela Jones. Marjory Taylor.
The gunman, Nikolas Cruz, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A school resource officer faces charges after allegedly failing to confront the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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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