magpies

noun

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"magpies" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“magpies” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,176. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,176
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of magpie

Corpus desk

Index EN-magpies · magpies · English

magpies · rank #34,176 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,176
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Magee

Nearest frequency peer: Magee (-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 “magpies”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “magpies” 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).

magpies vs mages
71% similar
magpies vs Maggie
57% similar
magpies vs magpie
86% similar

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

Key facts for magpies
PropertyValue
Headwordmagpies
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,176
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “magpies”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).magpieslands 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 “Magee” (#34,175), “madge” (#34,174), “mala” (#34,178). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “magpies” is #34,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around magpies, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,176 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of magpie".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for magpies, with forms such as "amgpies", "maggpies", and "magipes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mages", "Maggie", "magpie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is magpies, spelled M-A-G-P-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of magpie

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "Maybe next month. Right now, he's got President Kennedy waiting on the line, so y'all fall back!" They fell back, chattering like magpies.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amgpies
  • maggpies
  • magipes
  • magpeis
  • magpiess
  • magpise
  • magppies
  • mapgies
  • mgapies
  • mmagpies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amgpies2maggpies1magipes2magpeis2magpiess1magpise2magppies1mapgies2
Edit distance from "magpies"

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 "magpies"?
"magpies" is spelled M-A-G-P-I-E-S.
What does "magpies" mean?
As a noun, "magpies" means: plural of magpie
What words are commonly confused with "magpies"?
"magpies" is commonly confused with "mages", "Maggie", "magpie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "magpies" come from?
"magpies" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Medford#34,191leeches#34,157mingled#34,197mitzvah#34,198

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

McHugh10 variantsmeatball10 variantsOrpheus10 variantsprying10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list