Which to use
“majeures” and “majeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,422
- “majeures” frequency rank
- #5,889
- “majeurs” frequency rank
- 14311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | majeures | majeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de majeur. | Masculin pluriel de majeur. |
Same sound, different letters: majeures vs majeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. majeures runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against majeurs's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - majeures / majeurs
This is the hard kind. majeures and majeurs are pronounced identically (\ma.ʒœʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
majeures is recorded at frequency rank #8,422, classified as anadj, 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 14311, this pair ranks #397,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of majeures vs majeurs
Shared letters: aejmrsu. Private to "majeures": -. Private to "majeurs": -.
"majeures" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "majeurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "majeures" and "majeurs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "majeures" vs "majeurs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"majeures" and "majeurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "majeures" 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 #397,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "majeures" 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 #397,251 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.