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mag

/mæɡ/noun

mag is spelled M-A-G: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mag means “Clipping of magazine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mag is mags.

How many letters and syllables are in mag?

Letters3: M-A-G
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is mag?

Mag appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce mag?

  • US /mæɡ/
  • British /maɡ/
  • Australia /mæ(ː)ɡ/

Mag has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-mag.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with mag?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mag from its last stressed vowel (/æɡ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: gam.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of mag

  • mags plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • magging participle, present
  • magged participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does mag mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialClipping of magazine.

    NY Mag

  2. 2

    colloquialClipping of magnet.

    Get the mag in there to clear away the scrap.

  3. 3

    Clipping of magneto.

    The left mag isn't properly grounded.

  4. 4

    colloquialClipping of magnesium.

    She looks fine on physical exam, but I don't like these low mag levels.

  5. 5

    colloquialEllipsis of mag wheel.

    brand new tires and factory-original mags

  6. 6

    Clipping of magnitude.

  7. 7

    colloquialClipping of magistrate.

  8. 8

    colloquialClipping of magnetometer.

    mag hits

  9. 9

    UKobsoleteslangA halfpenny.

noun

as MAG
  1. 1

    Acronym of maximum absorbency garment (astronaut diaper / space nappies).

  2. 2

    Acronym of myelin-associated glycoprotein.

  3. 3

    A gene which encodes for myelin associated glycoprotein

noun

as Mag
  1. 1

    informalClipping of Magnificat.

  2. 2

    informalchatterbox.

verb

  1. 1

    obsoleteTo steal.

  2. 2

    obsoleteTo talk.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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