mah-jong
\ma.ʒɔ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“mah-jong” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu de plateau d’origine chinoise, où quatre joueurs doivent réaliser des combinaisons de tuiles nommées chow, pung et kong.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mah-jong · mah-jong · French
mah-jong · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | mah-jong |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʒɔ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mah-jong » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mah-jong is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʒɔ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mah-jong, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mah-jong, spelled M-A-H---J-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Jeu de plateau d’origine chinoise, où quatre joueurs doivent réaliser des combinaisons de tuiles nommées chow, pung et kong.
- 2Tuiles de ce jeu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mah-jong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour fouiller le portefeuille, il recula dans la lumière : c’était celle d’un restaurant, plein de fracas des joueurs de mah-jong.
J'ai dit qu'après notre déjeuner, ma fille, ma secrétaire et moi prenions place, pour jouer la partie de mah-jong, autour d'une table surplombée par un énorme lustre, du poids d'au moins trois cents kilos, […].
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.