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“magie” and “Mail” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,363
“magie” frequency rank
#1,814
“Mail” frequency rank
9177
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magie Mail
Definition Magie f E-Mail

Where the eye mixes magie and Mail

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. magie runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against Mail's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
magie
4 ch
Mail

Visual trap between magie and Mail

A purely visual mix-up. magie ([ma.ʒi]) and Mail ([mɛɪ̯l]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

magie is recorded at frequency rank #7,363, classified as anoun, pronounced [ma.ʒi]. Mail is at rank #1,814, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mɛɪ̯l].

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 9177, this pair ranks #1,981,132 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of magie vs Mail

Shared letters: aim. Private to "magie": eg. Private to "Mail": l.

"magie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "Mail" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magieamgie · magei · maggie · maige · mgaie · mmagie
  • Mailamil · maill · mial · mmail

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "magie" and "Mail" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ma.ʒi] versus [mɛɪ̯l]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "magie" vs "Mail" - which ranks higher?
"Mail" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,814 in our German list, against #7,363 for "magie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "magie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mail" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,981,132 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magie" and "Mail" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magie vs Matze". 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 #1,981,132 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