magenta

\ma.ʒɛ̃.ta\

/\ma.ʒɛ̃.ta\/ adj

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The verdict

“magenta” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,060. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,060
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rouge violacé tirant sur le cramoisi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-magenta · magenta · French

magenta · rank #32,060 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,060
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lukas

Nearest frequency peer: Lukas (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « magenta »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « magenta » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

magenta vs magna
71% similar
magenta vs mangent
71% similar

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

Key facts for magenta
PropertyValue
Headwordmagenta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.ʒɛ̃.ta\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,060
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « magenta »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).magentase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Lukas » (#32,059), « maillet » (#32,061), « lugubre » (#32,058). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « magenta » est au #32,060. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around magenta (IPA \ma.ʒɛ̃.ta\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,060 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Rouge violacé tirant sur le cramoisi.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for magenta, with forms such as "amgenta", "maegnta", and "magenat". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "magna", "mangent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is magenta, spelled M-A-G-E-N-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rouge violacé tirant sur le cramoisi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how magenta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cette loge sombre et rougeâtre, effet dû à des tentures magenta, a quelque chose d'infernal.

This word in other languages

magenta(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amgenta
  • maegnta
  • magenat
  • magennta
  • magentta
  • magetna
  • maggenta
  • magneta
  • mgaenta
  • mmagenta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of magenta - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amgenta2maegnta2magenat2magennta1magentta1magetna2maggenta1magneta2
Edit distance from "magenta"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "magenta"?
"magenta" is spelled M-A-G-E-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʒɛ̃.ta\.
What does "magenta" mean?
As an adjective, "magenta" means: Rouge violacé tirant sur le cramoisi.
What words are commonly confused with "magenta"?
"magenta" is commonly confused with "magna", "mangent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "magenta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "magenta" is \ma.ʒɛ̃.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "magenta" come from?
"magenta" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maillet#32,061lugubre#32,058maistre#32,062manchot#32,064

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

mesquin10 variantsminibus10 variantsLeibniz10 variantsivrogne10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list