magie

\ma.ʒi\

/\ma.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“magie” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,622
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art prétendu auquel on attribue le pouvoir d’opérer, par des moyens occultes, des effets surprenants et merveilleux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-magie · magie · French

magie · rank #3,622 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,622
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH joyeux

Nearest frequency peer: joyeux (-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 « magie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « magie » 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).

magie vs mai
60% similar
magie vs mie
60% similar
magie vs main
60% similar

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

Key facts for magie
PropertyValue
Headwordmagie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʒi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,622
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « magie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).magiese 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 « joyeux » (#3,621), « modifier » (#3,623), « investir » (#3,620). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « magie » est au #3,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around magie (IPA \ma.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,622 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for magie, with forms such as "amgie", "magei", and "maige". 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, "mai", "mie", "main", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is magie, spelled M-A-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Art prétendu auquel on attribue le pouvoir d’opérer, par des moyens occultes, des effets surprenants et merveilleux.
  2. 2
    Pouvoir qu’exercent sur les sens et sur l’âme, les beaux-arts, la poésie, l’éloquence, les passions, les affections vives.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il leur a été enjoint d’extirper la magie et l’hérésie, et voilà qu’on les accuse d’étudier les secrets cabalistiques des juifs et la magie païenne des Sarrasins !
  2. On voulait voir dans son fait de la superstition et de la magie ; on lui reprochait d'attribuer à certains objets, à ses armes, à son étendard, à ses anneaux, une puissance miraculeuse : […].

This word in other languages

magic(English)magia(Español)Magie(Deutsch)mágica(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amgie
  • magei
  • maige
  • mgaie
  • mmagie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of magie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amgie2magei2maige2mgaie2mmagie1
Edit distance from "magie"

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 "magie"?
"magie" is spelled M-A-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʒi\.
What does "magie" mean?
As a noun, "magie" means: Art prétendu auquel on attribue le pouvoir d’opérer, par des moyens occultes, des effets surprenants et merveilleux.
What words are commonly confused with "magie"?
"magie" is commonly confused with "mai", "mie", "main". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "magie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "magie" is \ma.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "magie" come from?
"magie" 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 "magie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

nuits#3,627gorge#3,614paire#3,630serez#3,640

Similar misspelling depth

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

open5 variantsadam5 variantsjuif5 variantsfree5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list