Which to use
“magazine” and “magazines” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,869
- “magazine” frequency rank
- #6,375
- “magazines” frequency rank
- 8244
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magazine | magazines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme. | plural of magazine |
Where the eye mixes magazine and magazines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: magazine vs magazines
A purely visual mix-up. magazine (/mæɡ.əˈziːn/) and magazines (/mæɡəˈziːnz/) 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 extra letter(s) - “magazine” sits inside “magazines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8244, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magazine is recorded at frequency rank #1,869, classified as anoun, pronounced /mæɡ.əˈziːn/. magazines is at rank #6,375, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mæɡəˈziːnz/.
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 8244, this pair ranks #503,457 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of magazine vs magazines
Shared letters: aegimnz. Private to "magazine": -. Private to "magazines": s.
"magazine" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "magazines" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "magazine" and "magazines" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "magazine" or "magazines"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "magazine" and "magazines" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "magazine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "magazines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #503,457 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magazine" and "magazines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magazine vs margarine". 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 #503,457 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.