majoritaire

/\ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.tɛʁ\/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,411

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

majoritaire is anFrenchadj. It means: Le plus répandu. Pronounced \ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.tɛʁ\. It ranks #6,411 in French word frequency. Often confused with minoritaire and majoritaires.

Key facts for majoritaire
PropertyValue
Headwordmajoritaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.tɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,411
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for majoritaire is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.tɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,411 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for majoritaire, with forms such as "amjoritaire", "majjoritaire", and "majoirtaire". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "minoritaire", "majoritaires", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 majoritaire, spelled M-A-J-O-R-I-T-A-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Le plus répandu.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un système électoral fondé sur la majorité absolue des voix, sans qu’il soit tenu compte des suffrages exprimés par les minorités, par opposition aux systèmes fondés sur d’autres principes.

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amjoritaire,majjoritaire,majoirtaire,majoriatire,majoritaier,majoritairre,majoritarie,majoritiare,majorittaire,majorritaire,majortiaire,majroitaire,maojritaire,mjaoritaire,mmajoritaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for majoritaire

Misspelling Variants of "majoritaire"

amjoritaire11majjoritaire12majoirtaire11majoriatire11majoritaier11majoritairre12majoritarie11majoritiare11
Misspelling Variants of "majoritaire"

Frequency rank: #6,411 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "majoritaire"?
"majoritaire" is spelled M-A-J-O-R-I-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.tɛʁ\.
What does "majoritaire" mean?
As an adj, "majoritaire" means: Le plus répandu.
What words are commonly confused with "majoritaire"?
"majoritaire" is commonly confused with "minoritaire", "majoritaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "majoritaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "majoritaire" is \ma.ʒɔ.ʁi.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "majoritaire" 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.