mager
\ˈmaːɡɐ\
The verdict
“mager” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maigre, mince.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mager · mager · French
mager · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mager |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈmaːɡɐ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mager is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈmaːɡɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mager has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mager, spelled M-A-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Maigre, mince.
- 2Qui donne peu de rendement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gervaise war erst zweiundzwanzig Jahre alt. Groß, etwas mager, mit zarten Zügen, denen man die Härte des Lebens schon ansah.
Sie führte die kleine Klothilde an der Hand, ein außerordentlich mageres Kind in geblümtem Kattunkleidchen, mit glanzlosem, aschigem Haar und stiller Altjungfernmiene.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.