majordome

\ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\

/\ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\/ noun

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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
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chef du service intérieur de la maison d’un souverain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-majordome · majordome · French

majordome · rank #25,392 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,392
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH magnétisme

Nearest frequency peer: magnétisme (-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 « majordome »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « majordome » 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
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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « majordome »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « magnétisme » (#25,391), « lyriques » (#25,390), « Malgaches » (#25,394). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « majordome » est au #25,392. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around majordome (IPA \ma.ʒɔʁ.dɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,392 among 5,038 “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

  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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le majordome du Pape.
  2. Le majordome du roi, de la reine d’Angleterre.

This word in other languages

majordomo(English)mayordomo(Español)

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.

amjordome2majjordome1majodrome2majorddome1majordmoe2majordoem2majordomme1majorodme2
Edit distance from "majordome"

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 "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Malgaches#25,394maniement#25,395mobiliers#25,399modifient#25,400

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Maupassant13 variantsliquidité13 variantsincurable13 variantsontariens13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list