major

\ma.ʒɔʁ\

/\ma.ʒɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“major” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,340. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,340
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grade le plus élevé des sous-officiers, situé entre son supérieur hiérarchique, l’aspirant, et son subordonné, l’adjudant-chef (armée de terre, armée de l’air, gendarmerie nationale) ou le maître p...

Corpus desk

Index FR-major · major · French

major · rank #3,340 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,340
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Iran

Nearest frequency peer: Iran (-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 « major »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « major » 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).

major vs mar
60% similar
major vs malo
60% similar
major vs mayo
60% similar

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

Key facts for major
PropertyValue
Headwordmajor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʒɔʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,340
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « major »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.majorse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Iran » (#3,339), « mines » (#3,341), « interdiction » (#3,338). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « major » est au #3,340. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around major (IPA \ma.ʒɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,340 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for major, with forms such as "amjor", "majjor", and "majorr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mar", "malo", "mayo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is major, spelled M-A-J-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grade le plus élevé des sous-officiers, situé entre son supérieur hiérarchique, l’aspirant, et son subordonné, l’adjudant-chef (armée de terre, armée de l’air, gendarmerie nationale) ou le maître principal (Marine nationale). Le code OTAN : OR-9.
  2. 2
    Officier chargé de diriger et surveiller l’administration et la comptabilité de son unité, la constitution et la conservation de ses archives.
  3. 3
    Commandant (Officier du grade supérieur au capitaine).
  4. 4
    Médecin militaire.
  5. 5
    Premier d’une promotion.
  6. 6
    Variante de mayor.
  7. 7
    Grade d’officier des Forces armées canadiennes, au-dessus du capitaine et au-dessous du lieutenant-colonel. Le code OTAN : OF-3.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le major du régiment.
  2. Le major d’un bataillon des chasseurs à pied.

This word in other languages

major(English)Oberstabsfeldwebel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amjor
  • majjor
  • majorr
  • majro
  • maojr
  • mjaor
  • mmajor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of major - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amjor2majjor1majorr1majro2maojr2mjaor2mmajor1
Edit distance from "major"

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 "major"?
"major" is spelled M-A-J-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʒɔʁ\.
What does "major" mean?
As a noun, "major" means: Grade le plus élevé des sous-officiers, situé entre son supérieur hiérarchique, l’aspirant, et son subordonné, l’adjudant-chef (armée de terre, armée de l’air, gendarmerie nationale) ou le maître p...
What words are commonly confused with "major"?
"major" is commonly confused with "mar", "malo", "mayo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "major"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "major" is \ma.ʒɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "major" come from?
"major" 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 "major", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mines#3,341frank#3,334fallu#3,331drame#3,326

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Cousin7 variantsconçu7 variantsavenue7 variantstrace7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list