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“Magda” and “magos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,663
“Magda” frequency rank
#12,001
“magos” frequency rank
46664
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Magda magos
Definition Nombre de pila de mujer Forma del plural de mago.

Where the eye mixes Magda and magos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Magda (CVCCV) and magos (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Magda
5 ch
magos

Look-alike desk: Magda vs magos

A purely visual mix-up. Magda ([ˈmaɣ̞ð̞a]) and magos ([ˈmaɣ̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Magda is recorded at frequency rank #34,663, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaɣ̞ð̞a]. magos is at rank #12,001, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaɣ̞os].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 46664, this pair ranks #124,475 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Magda vs magos

Shared letters: agm. Private to "Magda": d. Private to "magos": os.

"Magda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "magos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Magdaamgda · madga · magad · magdda · maggda · mgada · mmagda
  • magosamgos · maggos · magoss · magso · maogs · mgaos · mmagos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Magda" for "magos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmaɣ̞ð̞a] versus [ˈmaɣ̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Magda" vs "magos" - which ranks higher?
"magos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,001 in our Spanish list, against #34,663 for "Magda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Magda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "magos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #124,475 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Magda" and "magos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Magda vs migra". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #124,475 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list