MJ
\ɛm.ʒi\
The verdict
“MJ” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #23,938) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #23,938
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maître de jeu, maîtresse de jeu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mj · MJ · French
MJ · rank #23,938 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,938
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH minutieusement
Nearest frequency peer: minutieusement (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “MJ”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mesnil
mesnil
76,066 corpus weight
- minimaliste
minimaliste
76,065 corpus weight
- minutieusem…
minutieusement
76,064 corpus weight
- MJ
MJ
76,063 corpus weight
- moelleux
moelleux
76,062 corpus weight
- mollusques
mollusques
76,061 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “MJ” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | MJ |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛm.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #23,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “MJ” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for MJ is neighbouring look-alikes ("mm", "MR", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ɛm.ʒi\. Frequency #23,938 among 5,038 “M” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
MJ has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mm", "MR", "my", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is MJ, spelled M-J.
Definition
- 1Maître de jeu, maîtresse de jeu.
- 2Meneur de jeu, meneuse de jeu.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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- "MJ" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mm". View pair
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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.