# Magdalen vs Magdalene

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Magdalen
*name · IPA /ˈmæɡdəlɪn/ · frequency rank #43,247*
A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Magdalene.

### Magdalene
*name · IPA /ˈmæɡdəlin/ · frequency rank #31,645*
A female given name from Hebrew.

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