majordome

/\ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,392

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

majordome is aFrenchnoun. It means: Chef du service intérieur de la maison d’un souverain. Pronounced \ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\.

Key facts for majordome
PropertyValue
Headwordmajordome
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,392
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of majordome in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for majordome is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,392 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for majordome, with forms such as "amjordome", "majjordome", and "majodrome". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is majordome, spelled M-A-J-O-R-D-O-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chef du service intérieur de la maison d’un souverain.
  2. 2
    Personne qui encadre le personnel de service d'une maison.
  3. 3
    Valet de nuit.
  4. 4
    Membre 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for majordome

Misspelling Variants of "majordome"

amjordome9majjordome10majodrome9majorddome10majordmoe9majordoem9majordomme10majorodme9
Misspelling Variants of "majordome"

Frequency rank: #25,392 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "majordome"?
"majordome" is spelled M-A-J-O-R-D-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\.
What does "majordome" mean?
As a noun, "majordome" means: Chef du service intérieur de la maison d’un souverain.
What are common misspellings of "majordome"?
Common misspellings include "amjordome", "majjordome", "majodrome", "majorddome", "majordmoe". The correct spelling is "majordome".
How do you pronounce "majordome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "majordome" is \ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "majordome" come from?
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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.