# madge vs Maggie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### madge
*noun · IPA /mæd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #34,174*
The barn owl.

### Maggie
*name · IPA /ˈmæɡi/ · frequency rank #9,628*
A diminutive of the female given name Margaret.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/madge-vs-maggie