majo

noun

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The verdict

“majo” is uncommon French (frequency #85,903 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,903
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Homme qui, dans l’Espagne de la seconde moitié du XVIIIᵉ siècle, s’habille avec élégance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-majo · majo · French

majo · rank #85,903 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,903
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 202,672
  • PHOTO-FINISH magmatique

Nearest frequency peer: magmatique (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “majo”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “majo” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for majo
PropertyValue
Headwordmajo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#85,903
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “majo” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). majo lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

majo is uncommon French at frequency #85,903 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme qui, dans l’Espagne de la seconde moitié du XVIIIᵉ siècle, s’habille avec élégance.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for majo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 French form is majo, spelled M-A-J-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Homme qui, dans l’Espagne de la seconde moitié du XVIIIᵉ siècle, s’habille avec élégance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beaucoup de jeunes gens portent dans cette occasion l’élégant costume de majo^([1]) andalou, et déploient une magnificence et un luxe que ne permet point la simplicité de nos habillements ordinaires.
  2. C’était un plaisir de voir ce jeune homme, sa veste de velours sur l’épaule, se prélassant par les chemins et se dandinant d’un air de supériorité. En un mot, c’était un majo dans toute la force du terme. Un majo, c’est tout à la fois un dandy de la classe inférieure et un homme excessivement délicat sur le point d’honneur.

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "majo"?
"majo" is spelled M-A-J-O.
What does "majo" mean?
As a noun, "majo" means: Homme qui, dans l’Espagne de la seconde moitié du XVIIIᵉ siècle, s’habille avec élégance.
What language does "majo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Léry#85,899Lupi#85,894loma#85,886loci#85,885
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list