mages

\maʒ\

/\maʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“mages” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,382. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,382
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de mage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mages · mages · French

mages · rank #21,382 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,382
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH lunes

Nearest frequency peer: lunes (-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 « mages »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mages » 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).

mages vs mes
60% similar
mages vs mas
60% similar
mages vs mars
60% similar

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

Key facts for mages
PropertyValue
Headwordmages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#21,382
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mages »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.magesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lunes » (#21,381), « majestueux » (#21,383), « locomotives » (#21,380). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mages » est au #21,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mages (IPA \maʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,382 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de mage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mages, with forms such as "amges", "maegs", and "magess". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mes", "mas", "mars", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mages, spelled M-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Avec la théologie zervanite, le culte d’Anâhita est aussi prépondérant (Arsak, Ectabane, Suse, Kengavar, Pstakhr, Arménie, Cappadoce), et le sanctuaire des mages à Shîz (Médie atropatène), bien que zoroastrianisé, se voit dédié à la déesse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amges
  • maegs
  • magess
  • magges
  • magse
  • mgaes
  • mmages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amges2maegs2magess1magges1magse2mgaes2mmages1
Edit distance from "mages"

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 "mages"?
"mages" is spelled M-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \maʒ\.
What does "mages" mean?
As a noun, "mages" means: Pluriel de mage.
What words are commonly confused with "mages"?
"mages" is commonly confused with "mes", "mas", "mars". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mages" is \maʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mages" come from?
"mages" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lunes#21,381kitty#21,373Jacky#21,367Irina#21,366

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

millet7 variantsNabil7 variantshijab7 variantshante7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list