majeurevsmajeursWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: majeure is a noun, majeurs is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“majeure” is a noun and “majeurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,471
“majeure” frequency rank
#5,889
“majeurs” frequency rank
9360
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature majeure majeurs
Definition Attribut de la conclusion, qui a plus d'extension que le sujet. Masculin pluriel de majeur.

Same sound, different letters: majeure vs majeurs

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

7 ch
majeure
7 ch
majeurs

Ear matches; page differs - majeure and majeurs

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: majeure and majeurs carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ma.ʒœʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “majeure” becomes s in “majeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

majeure is recorded at frequency rank #3,471, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʒœʁ\. majeurs is at rank #5,889, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.ʒœʁ\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 9360, this pair ranks #416,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of majeure vs majeurs

Shared letters: aejmru. Private to "majeure": -. Private to "majeurs": s.

"majeure" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "majeurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • majeureamjeure · maejure · majerue · majeuer · majeurre · majjeure · majuere · mjaeure
  • majeursamjeurs · maejurs · majerus · majeurrs · majeurss · majeusr · majjeurs · majuers

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "majeure" and "majeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "majeure" is a noun and "majeurs" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "majeure" vs "majeurs" - which ranks higher?
"majeure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,471 in our French list, against #5,889 for "majeurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "majeure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "majeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #416,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "majeure" and "majeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "majeurs vs mayeur". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #416,939 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list