mahjong
\ma.ʒɔ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“mahjong” is uncommon French (frequency #95,026 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,026
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de mah-jong.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mahjong · mahjong · French
mahjong · rank #95,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,026
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH macumba
Nearest frequency peer: macumba (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « mahjong »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- macronien
macronien
4,977 corpus weight
- macumba
macumba
4,976 corpus weight
- mahjong
mahjong
4,975 corpus weight
- Maiduguri
Maiduguri
4,974 corpus weight
- maior
maior
4,973 corpus weight
- majority
majority
4,971 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mahjong » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mahjong |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʒɔ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mahjong » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mahjong is uncommon French at frequency #95,026 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʒɔ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de mah-jong.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mahjong, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mahjong, spelled M-A-H-J-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de mah-jong.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mahjong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On va à l'hôtel pour faire dans des conditions plus intimes une partie fine avec quelques amis, fumer en petit comité quelques pipes d’opium, rencontrer une jolie fille pas trop farouche et surtout jouer d'interminables parties de mahjong, […].
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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