Which to use
“Magee” is a name and “meagre” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,175
- “Magee” frequency rank
- #34,584
- “meagre” frequency rank
- 68759
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Magee | meagre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic. |
Where the eye mixes Magee and meagre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Magee runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against meagre's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Magee vs meagre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Magee is /məˈɡiː/ while meagre is /ˈmiːɡɚ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Magee is recorded at frequency rank #34,175, classified as aname, pronounced /məˈɡiː/. meagre is at rank #34,584, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmiːɡɚ/.
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 68759, this pair ranks #57,441 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Magee vs meagre
Shared letters: aegm. Private to "Magee": -. Private to "meagre": r.
"Magee" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "meagre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Magee" for "meagre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Magee" vs "meagre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Magee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meagre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,441 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Magee" and "meagre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Magee vs Marne". 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 #57,441 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.