# magus

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmeɪɡəs/ · frequency rank #46,600

## Definitions
1. A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
2. A Zoroastrian priest.

## Etymology
From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”), from Μάγος (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate Old Iranian origin (see Μάγος for details). Doublet of mage.

## Easily confused with
- **Mau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-mau)
- **MGS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-mgs)
- **mass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-mass)
- **maps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-maps)
- **mars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-mars)
- **mans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-mans)
- **mats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-mats)
- **Maui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-maui)
- **manu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-manu)
- **Maud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-maud)
- **Mays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-mays)
- **Mais** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-mais)
- **maul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-maul)
- **maru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-maru)
- **makes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-makes)
- **marks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-marks)
- **males** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-males)
- **minus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-minus)
- **mates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-mates)
- **masks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magus-vs-masks)

## Common misspellings (7)
`amgus`, `maggus`, `magsu`, `maguss`, `maugs`, `mgaus`, `mmagus`

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