majeure

\ma.ʒœʁ\

/\ma.ʒœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“majeure” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,471. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,471
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attribut de la conclusion, qui a plus d'extension que le sujet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-majeure · majeure · French

majeure · rank #3,471 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,471
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mac

Nearest frequency peer: mac (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « majeure »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « majeure » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

majeure vs meure
71% similar
majeure vs maure
71% similar
majeure vs mature
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for majeure
PropertyValue
Headwordmajeure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʒœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,471
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « majeure »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).majeurese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mac » (#3,470), « Maria » (#3,472), « liée » (#3,469). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « majeure » est au #3,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around majeure (IPA \ma.ʒœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,471 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for majeure, with forms such as "amjeure", "maejure", and "majerue". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "meure", "maure", "mature", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is majeure, spelled M-A-J-E-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attribut de la conclusion, qui a plus d'extension que le sujet.
  2. 2
    Proposition majeure, première des prémisses, formée du terme majeur de la conclusion et du terme moyen.
  3. 3
    Compagnie majeure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how majeure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je pense, donc je suis, n'est pas un enthymème dont la majeure serait : « Point de phénomène sans substance », ou : « Point d'action sans agent.»
  2. Je vous accorde la majeure et vous nie la mineure.

This word in other languages

major(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amjeure
  • maejure
  • majerue
  • majeuer
  • majeurre
  • majjeure
  • majuere
  • mjaeure
  • mmajeure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of majeure - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amjeure2maejure2majerue2majeuer2majeurre1majjeure1majuere2mjaeure2
Edit distance from "majeure"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "majeure"?
"majeure" is spelled M-A-J-E-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʒœʁ\.
What does "majeure" mean?
As a noun, "majeure" means: Attribut de la conclusion, qui a plus d'extension que le sujet.
What words are commonly confused with "majeure"?
"majeure" is commonly confused with "meure", "maure", "mature". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "majeure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "majeure" is \ma.ʒœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "majeure" come from?
"majeure" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "majeure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

limiter#3,468mystère#3,475méchant#3,476gagnant#3,458

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

pertes9 variantscharme9 variantscadres9 variantscadeaux9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list