mage
/meɪd͡ʒ/noun
mage is spelled M-A-G-E: 4 letters. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mage means “A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mage is magi or mages.
How many letters and syllables are in mage?
| Letters | 4: M-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 mage?
Mage appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th 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 mage?
- /meɪd͡ʒ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mage?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mage.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: game, mega.
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 mage
- magi plural
- mages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
- 2
obsoleteSynonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense magician, wizard or sorcerer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mage |
| German | Magier, Magierin, Zauberer, Zauberin, Zaubrer, Zaubrerin |
| Portuguese | mago, maga |
| Spanish | mago, hechicero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mage come from?
From Middle English mages (plurale tantum), from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek Μάγος (Mágos), from the hapax Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /maguš/). Doublet of magus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).