Magellan
\ma.ʒɛ.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“Magellan” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,945. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,945
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fernand de Magellan.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Magellan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʒɛ.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Magellan” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Magellan (IPA \ma.ʒɛ.lɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,945 among 202,672 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fernand de Magellan.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Magellan, with forms such as "amgellan", "maegllan", and "magelaln". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Magellan, spelled M-A-G-E-L-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1Fernand de Magellan.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amgellan,maegllan,magelaln,magelan,magellann,magellna,maggellan,maglelan,mgaellan,mmagellan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Magellan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Magellan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-G-E-L-L-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.ʒɛ.lɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.