magazine
/mæɡ.əˈziːn/
"magazine" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“magazine” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,869 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,869
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | magazine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mæɡ.əˈziːn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “magazine” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for magazine is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mæɡ.əˈziːn/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,869 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for magazine, with forms such as "amgazine", "maagzine", and "magaizne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "magazines", "margarine", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Arabic خَزَنَ (ḵazana)der. Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan) Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin)bor. Italian magazzinoder. Middle French magasinder. Middle English magasyne English magazine From Middle English magasyne, from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, st… The correct English form is magazine, spelled M-A-G-A-Z-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
- 2A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
- 3An ammunition storehouse.
- 4An ammunition storehouse.
- 5A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
- 6A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
- 7A country or district especially rich in natural products.
- 8A city viewed as a marketing center.
- 9A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
- 10A collection of Teletext pages.
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic خَزَنَ (ḵazana)der. Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan) Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin)bor. Italian magazzinoder. Middle French magasinder. Middle English magasyne English magazine From Middle English magasyne, from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). First attested in the 1580s.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amgazine,maagzine,magaizne,magazien,magazinne,magaznie,magazzine,maggazine,magzaine,mgaazine,mmagazine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of magazine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “magazine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-G-A-Z-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mæɡ.əˈziːn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “magazines” - see the side-by-side comparison. magazine vs magazines
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.