Which to use
“magia” and “maíz” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,938
- “magia” frequency rank
- #4,806
- “maíz” frequency rank
- 7744
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magia | maíz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Técnica que busca producir efectos sobrenaturales mediante rituales secretos o la invocación de espíritus. | (Zea mays) Planta anual, herbácea, de la familia de las poáceas, originaria de América y hoy cultivada en todo el mundo como alimento. Tiene tallos erectos, en forma de caña, de hasta 3 m de altura, hojas densamente apretadas que protegen las inflorescencias femeninas y un penacho terminal de flores masculinas. La espádice femenina se transforma en un fruto compuesto llamado mazorca, con los granos dispuestos en hileras sobre un eje leñoso |
Where the eye mixes magia and maíz
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses magia with maíz
A purely visual mix-up. magia ([ˈmaxja]) and maíz ([maˈis]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7744, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magia is recorded at frequency rank #2,938, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaxja]. maíz is at rank #4,806, tagged as anoun, pronounced [maˈis].
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 7744, this pair ranks #307,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of magia vs maíz
Shared letters: am. Private to "magia": gi. Private to "maíz": zí.
"magia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "maíz" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- magia ← magai · maggia · mgaia · mmagia
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magia" and "maíz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "magia" or "maíz"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "magia" and "maíz" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "magia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maíz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magia" and "maíz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maíz vs math". 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 #307,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.