Which to use
“magus” is a noun and “Mayes” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,600
- “magus” frequency rank
- #46,054
- “Mayes” frequency rank
- 92654
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magus | Mayes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster. | A surname. |
Letter map: magus vs Mayes
Shared letters muted; letters that set magus and Mayes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. magus (CVCVC) and Mayes (CVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - magus and Mayes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magus is anoun and Mayesaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92654, 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/. Mayes is at rank #46,054, 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 92654, this pair ranks #2,433 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of magus vs Mayes
Shared letters: ams. Private to "magus": gu. Private to "Mayes": ey.
"magus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Mayes" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "magus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mayes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,433 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magus" and "Mayes" 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 #2,433 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.