Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magie" and "Maxime" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "magie" or "Maxime"?
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.