magazin
\ma.ɡa.zɛ̃\
The verdict
“magazin” is uncommon French (frequency #61,672 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,672
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de magasin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-magazin · magazin · French
magazin · rank #61,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,672
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mafieuses
Nearest frequency peer: mafieuses (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « magazin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mabrouk
mabrouk
38,332 corpus weight
- Madelaine
Madelaine
38,331 corpus weight
- mafieuses
mafieuses
38,330 corpus weight
- magazin
magazin
38,329 corpus weight
- mangeront
mangeront
38,327 corpus weight
- mariale
mariale
38,326 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « magazin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | magazin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ɡa.zɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « magazin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
magazin is uncommon French at frequency #61,672 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ɡa.zɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de magasin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for magazin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is magazin, spelled M-A-G-A-Z-I-N.
Definition
- 1Variante de magasin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how magazin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Placez-vous le magazin des poudres presqu’au centre de votre ville ?
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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