magic word
/ˌmædʒɪk ˈwɜːd/
"magic-word" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“magic word” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any word that has a magical effect when uttered.
Corpus desk
Index EN-magic-word · magic word · English
magic word · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | magic word |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmædʒɪk ˈwɜːd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “magic word” in English
Rare enough to double-check
magic word is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌmædʒɪk ˈwɜːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for magic word, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is magic word, spelled M-A-G-I-C- -W-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Any word that has a magical effect when uttered.
- 2One of the words please, thank you, or hello.
- 3Any word that is considered very significant in a certain situation or context.
- 4A string of text having some special function or purpose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how magic word appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If you learn to use magic words when you are little, it would be easy in your adulthood.
What's the magic word?
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.