magvsMhWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mag is a unknown, Mh is a character, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mag” is an unknown and “Mh” is a character - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#411
“mag” frequency rank
#14,634
“Mh” frequency rank
15045
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mag Mh
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv von mögen achtzehnter Buchstabe des Shona-Alphabets (Majuskel)

Where the eye mixes mag and Mh

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch
mag
2 ch
Mh

Visual trap between mag and Mh

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mag is [maːk] while Mh is [m̤]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (unknown vs character), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mag is recorded at frequency rank #411, classified as anunknown, pronounced [maːk]. Mh is at rank #14,634, tagged as acharacter, pronounced [m̤].

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 15045, this pair ranks #1,946,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mag vs Mh

Shared letters: m. Private to "mag": ag. Private to "Mh": h.

"mag" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Mh" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mag" for "Mh" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mag" is an unknown and "Mh" a character, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mag" or "Mh"?
"mag" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #411 in our German list, against #14,634 for "Mh". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "mag" and "Mh" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mag" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,946,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mag" and "Mh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mh vs mme". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,946,814 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list