Which to use
“magie” and “Marie” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,363
- “magie” frequency rank
- #3,138
- “Marie” frequency rank
- 10501
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magie | Marie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Magie f | Geld |
Where the eye mixes magie and Marie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. magie and Marie follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses magie with Marie
A purely visual mix-up. magie ([ma.ʒi]) and Marie ([maˈʁiː]) 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 a single letter - g in “magie” becomes r in “Marie”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10501, 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]. Marie is at rank #3,138, tagged as anoun, pronounced [maˈʁiː].
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 10501, this pair ranks #1,974,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of magie vs Marie
Shared letters: aeim. Private to "magie": g. Private to "Marie": r.
"magie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "Marie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magie" and "Marie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "magie" or "Marie"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "magie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Marie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,974,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magie" and "Marie" 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 #1,974,822 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.