# magnet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmæɡ.nɪt/ · frequency rank #10,724

## Definitions
1. A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
2. An alluring or attractive person or thing.
3. Ellipsis of magnet link.

## Etymology
From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonists who founded the city in Lydia). Related to manganese, magnesia and magnesium.

## Easily confused with
- **mane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-mane)
- **Maine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-maine)
- **Monet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-monet)
- **mayne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-mayne)
- **Marne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-marne)
- **market** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-market)
- **manner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-manner)
- **manned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-manned)
- **Magnus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-magnus)
- **magnum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-magnum)
- **mallet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-mallet)
- **magneto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-magneto)
- **magnetic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnet-vs-magnetic)
- **mage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-magnet)
- **magna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magna-vs-magnet)
- **Magee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magee-vs-magnet)
- **mages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mages-vs-magnet)
- **maggot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maggot-vs-magnet)
- **magnate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnate-vs-magnet)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amgnet`, `magent`, `maggnet`, `magnett`, `magnnet`, `magnte`, `manget`, `mganet`, `mmagnet`

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