major

/ma.ˈʒɔɹ/

//ma.ˈʒɔɹ// noun

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The verdict

“major” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,155. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,155
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - patente das forças armadas

Corpus desk

Index PT-major · major · Portuguese

major · rank #3,155 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,155
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH little

Nearest frequency peer: little (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “major”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “major” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

major vs mão
40% similar
major vs mar
60% similar
major vs mor
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “major”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).majorcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “little” (#3,154), “marinha” (#3,156), “judicial” (#3,153). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “major” fica em #3,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around major (IPA /ma.ˈʒɔɹ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,155 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for major, with forms such as "amjor", "majjor", and "majorr". 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 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is major, spelled M-A-J-O-R.

Definition

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

This word in other languages

major(English)mayor(Español)major(Français)Major(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amjor
  • majjor
  • majorr
  • majro
  • maojr
  • mjaor
  • mmajor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of major - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amjor2majjor1majorr1majro2maojr2mjaor2mmajor1
Edit distance from "major"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "major", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ideal#3,145presa#3,165taxas#3,169árabe#3,177

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

little7 variantsVasco7 variantsritmo7 variantsqueijo7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list