Which to use
“magus” is a noun and “Mais” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,600
- “magus” frequency rank
- #30,490
- “Mais” frequency rank
- 77090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magus | Mais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster. | A surname. |
Letter map: magus vs Mais
Shared letters muted; letters that set magus and Mais apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. magus runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Mais's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: magus vs Mais
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magus is anoun and Maisaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magus is recorded at frequency rank #46,600, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmeɪɡəs/. Mais is at rank #30,490, tagged as aname.
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 77090, this pair ranks #28,252 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of magus vs Mais
Shared letters: ams. Private to "magus": gu. Private to "Mais": i.
"magus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Mais" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "magus" for "Mais" ever safe?
Frequency check: "magus" vs "Mais" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "magus" and "Mais".
- Full dictionary entry for "magus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,252 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magus" and "Mais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magus vs MGS". 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 #28,252 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.