mago

[ˈmaɣ̞o]

/[ˈmaɣ̞o]/ noun

The verdict

“mago” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,140
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que practica la magia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mago · mago · Spanish

mago · rank #8,140 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,140
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH Luisa

Nearest frequency peer: Luisa (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “mago”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “mago” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

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).

mago vs mg
50% similar
mago vs mo
50% similar
mago vs más
25% similar

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

Key facts for mago
PropertyValue
Headwordmago
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmaɣ̞o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,140
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mago”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.magocae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Luisa” (#8,139), “Mallorca” (#8,141), “limitar” (#8,138). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mago” va en #8,140. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around mago (IPA [ˈmaɣ̞o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,140 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Persona que practica la magia.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for mago, with forms such as "amgo", "maggo", and "maog". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mg", "mo", "más", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mago, spelled M-A-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que practica la magia.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amgo
  • maggo
  • maog
  • mgao
  • mmago

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mago - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amgo2maggo1maog2mgao2mmago1
Edit distance from "mago"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mago"?
"mago" is spelled M-A-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaɣ̞o].
What does "mago" mean?
As a noun, "mago" means: Persona que practica la magia.
What words are commonly confused with "mago"?
"mago" is commonly confused with "mg", "mo", "más". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mago"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mago" is [ˈmaɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mago" come from?
"mago" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list