# mage

> English word · Noun · IPA /meɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #26,873

## Definitions
1. A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
2. Synonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **ME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-me)
- **MG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mg)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-may)
- **man** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-man)
- **map** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-map)
- **max** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-max)
- **mar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mar)
- **mat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mat)
- **mug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mug)
- **mao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mao)
- **mal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mal)
- **mai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mai)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-moe)
- **MGM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mgm)
- **mah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mah)
- **mam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mam)
- **MSG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-msg)
- **mak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mak)
- **mig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mig)
- **Mau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-mau)

## Common misspellings (5)
`amge`, `maeg`, `magge`, `mgae`, `mmage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mage