magma

\maɡ.ma\

/\maɡ.ma\/ noun

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The verdict

“magma” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,031. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,031
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résidu épais, lie restant après l’expression des parties fluides d’une substance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-magma · magma · French

magma · rank #29,031 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,031
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Macao

Nearest frequency peer: Macao (-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 « magma »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « magma » 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).

magma vs MMA
0% similar
magma vs mam
60% similar
magma vs méga
60% similar

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

Key facts for magma
PropertyValue
Headwordmagma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maɡ.ma\
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,031
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « magma »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Macao » (#29,030), « manchette » (#29,032), « lutin » (#29,029). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « magma » est au #29,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around magma (IPA \maɡ.ma\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,031 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for magma, with forms such as "amgma", "magam", and "maggma". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MMA", "mam", "méga", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is magma, spelled M-A-G-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résidu épais, lie restant après l’expression des parties fluides d’une substance.
  2. 2
    Bouillie.
  3. 3
    Ensemble confus d’éléments ; mélange indistinct.
  4. 4
    Mélange pâteux, plus ou moins fluide, de matières minérales (roches) en fusion, provenant des zones profondes de la terre, où les roches en fusion sont soumises à des conditions extrêmes de pression et de température.
  5. 5
    Structure algébrique constituée d’un ensemble et d'une loi de composition interne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au bout d’une heure ou deux, on laisse reposer, on décante la liqueur, puis on reverse sur le magma une semblable quantité de nouvelle eau régale que l’on fait bouillir comme précédemment.
  2. Le gardien apportait la nourriture : il passa entre les barreaux deux petits bols emplis d’un magma couleur de boue, à la vapeur aussi fétide que l’atmosphère.

Synonyms

groupoïde

This word in other languages

magma(English)magma(Español)Magma(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amgma
  • magam
  • maggma
  • magmma
  • mamga
  • mgama
  • mmagma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amgma2magam2maggma1magmma1mamga2mgama2mmagma1
Edit distance from "magma"

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 "magma"?
"magma" is spelled M-A-G-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \maɡ.ma\.
What does "magma" mean?
As a noun, "magma" means: Résidu épais, lie restant après l’expression des parties fluides d’une substance.
What words are commonly confused with "magma"?
"magma" is commonly confused with "MMA", "mam", "méga". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "magma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "magma" is \maɡ.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "magma" come from?
"magma" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Macao#29,030lutin#29,029lacet#29,015navet#29,057

Similar misspelling depth

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

lucile7 variantsLouisa7 variantsladies7 variantskiffer7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list