magievsMaximeWhich spelling fits?

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

#7,363
“magie” frequency rank
#19,997
“Maxime” frequency rank
27360
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magie Maxime
Definition Magie f Einstellung/Motto/Regel, wonach man sein Verhalten ausrichtet

Where the eye mixes magie and Maxime

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. magie runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against Maxime's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
magie
6 ch
Maxime

Visual trap between magie and Maxime

A purely visual mix-up. magie ([ma.ʒi]) and Maxime ([maˈksiːmə]) 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 27360, 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]. Maxime is at rank #19,997, tagged as anoun, pronounced [maˈksiːmə].

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 27360, this pair ranks #1,803,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of magie vs Maxime

Shared letters: aeim. Private to "magie": g. Private to "Maxime": x.

"magie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "Maxime" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magie ← amgie · magei · maggie · maige · mgaie · mmagie
  • Maxime ← amxime · maixme · maxiem · maximme · maxmie · maxxime · mmaxime · mxaime

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "magie" and "Maxime" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ma.ʒi] versus [maˈksiːmə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "magie" or "Maxime"?
"magie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,363 in our German list, against #19,997 for "Maxime". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "magie" and "Maxime" 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 "Maxime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,803,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magie" and "Maxime" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Maxima vs Maxime". 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 #1,803,030 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