maior
\mɐj.ˈɔɾ\
The verdict
“maior” is uncommon French (frequency #95,028 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,028
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plus grand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maior · maior · French
maior · rank #95,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,028
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Maiduguri
Nearest frequency peer: Maiduguri (-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 « maior »
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 « maior » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maior |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɐj.ˈɔɾ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maior » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maior is uncommon French at frequency #95,028 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɐj.ˈɔɾ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for maior in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is maior, spelled M-A-I-O-R.
Definition
- 1Plus grand.
- 2Majeur, qui a atteint la majorité légale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maior appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O presidente brasileiro, Lula da Silva, salientou esta quarta-feira o "momento excecional" das relações diplomáticas entre Brasil e Portugal, ironizando que, "daqui a pouco", o número de brasileiros em Portugal "será maior do que o da população portuguesa".
A equipa de reportagem do jornal O País esteve, na manhã deste domingo, no Mercado Grossista do Zimpeto, onde encontrou Melecina Manave, que fazia as suas compras naquele que é considerado o maior mercado grossista da zona Sul do país.
Antonyms
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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