magician

/məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩/

//məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩// noun

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"magician" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“magician” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,359. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,359
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

Corpus desk

Index EN-magician · magician · English

magician · rank #14,359 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,359
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH madden

Nearest frequency peer: madden (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “magician”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “magician” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

magician vs musician
75% similar
magician vs magical
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for magician
PropertyValue
Headwordmagician
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩/
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,359
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “magician”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).magicianlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “madden” (#14,358), “magistrates” (#14,360), “lurking” (#14,357). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “magician” is #14,359. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around magician (IPA /məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,359 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for magician, with forms such as "amgician", "magciian", and "maggician". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "musician", "magical", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien. The correct English form is magician, spelled M-A-G-I-C-I-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
  2. 2
    A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
  3. 3
    A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
  4. 4
    An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
  5. 5
    A person who astounds; an enigma.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how magician appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.

Etymology

From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.

Synonyms

sorcererwizardwarlockwitchmagemagic userspellcasterenchanterconjurerthaumaturgetheurgistspiritualistmysticshamanwitch doctorwizardtricksterstage magicianwhizzwhizwizwizardphenomenonarchmagearchmagicianbewitchercharmerillusionistKarcistmagusobeahsortilegerspellbinderspellmakerwonderworker

Antonyms

nonmagiciannonwitchnonwizard

This word in other languages

mago(Español)magicien(Français)Magier(Deutsch)bruxo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amgician
  • magciian
  • maggician
  • magicain
  • magiccian
  • magiciann
  • magicina
  • magiican
  • maigcian
  • mgaician
  • mmagician

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of magician - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amgician2magciian2maggician1magicain2magiccian1magiciann1magicina2magiican2
Edit distance from "magician"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "magician"?
"magician" is spelled M-A-G-I-C-I-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is /məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩/.
What does "magician" mean?
As a noun, "magician" means: A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
What words are commonly confused with "magician"?
"magician" is commonly confused with "musician", "magical". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "magician"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "magician" is /məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "magician"?
From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "magician", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maneuver#14,363lingerie#14,352overlook#14,376guarding#14,333

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

lurking11 variantspersist11 variantsplaster11 variantsplayful11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list