majordome
\ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\
The verdict
“majordome” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,392. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,392
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chef du service intérieur de la maison d’un souverain.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | majordome |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “majordome” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around majordome (IPA \ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,392 among 202,672 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for majordome, with forms such as "amjordome", "majjordome", and "majodrome". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is majordome, spelled M-A-J-O-R-D-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Chef du service intérieur de la maison d’un souverain.
- 2Personne qui encadre le personnel de service d'une maison.
- 3Valet de nuit.
- 4Membre du personnel chargé de l’entretien et des services d’un site commercial.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amjordome
- majjordome
- majodrome
- majorddome
- majordmoe
- majordoem
- majordomme
- majorodme
- majorrdome
- majrodome
- maojrdome
- mjaordome
- mmajordome
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of majordome - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “majordome”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-J-O-R-D-O-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.