major

//ma.ˈʒɔɹ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,155

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

major is aPortuguesenoun. It means: patente das forças armadas Pronounced /ma.ˈʒɔɹ/. It ranks #3,155 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with mão and mar.

Key facts for major
PropertyValue
Headwordmajor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ma.ˈʒɔɹ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,155
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of major in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for major is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ma.ˈʒɔɹ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,155 in overall Portuguese 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for major, with forms such as "amjor", "majjor", and "majorr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "mão", "mar", "mor", and more, 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 Portuguese form is major, spelled M-A-J-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    patente das forças armadas
  2. 2
    proprietário de terras com certo poder político

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amjor,majjor,majorr,majro,maojr,mjaor,mmajor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for major

Misspelling Variants of "major"

amjor5majjor6majorr6majro5maojr5mjaor5mmajor6
Misspelling Variants of "major"

Frequency rank: #3,155 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "major"?
"major" is spelled M-A-J-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ma.ˈʒɔɹ/.
What does "major" mean?
As a noun, "major" means: patente das forças armadas
What words are commonly confused with "major"?
"major" is commonly confused with "mão", "mar", "mor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "major"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "major" is /ma.ˈʒɔɹ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "major" come from?
"major" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.