magnanime

\ma.ɲa.nim\

/\ma.ɲa.nim\/ adj

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The verdict

“magnanime” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,877
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de la grandeur, de la force d'âme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-magnanime · magnanime · French

magnanime · rank #46,877 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,877
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mafias

Nearest frequency peer: mafias (-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 « magnanime »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « magnanime » 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
Key facts for magnanime
PropertyValue
Headwordmagnanime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.ɲa.nim\
Letters9
Frequency rank#46,877
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « magnanime »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.magnanimese 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 « mafias » (#46,876), « maiden » (#46,878), « macroéconomique » (#46,875). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « magnanime » est au #46,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around magnanime (IPA \ma.ɲa.nim\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,877 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for magnanime, with forms such as "amgnanime", "magannime", and "maggnanime". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is magnanime, spelled M-A-G-N-A-N-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a de la grandeur, de la force d'âme.
  2. 2
    Qui a une nature, un caractère ou une personnalité clémente, généreuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le lion a complètement disparu de la région dont nous nous occupons; mais il joue un grand rôle dans les contes indigènes, qui le représentent comme un animal essentiellement noble et magnanime.
  2. Français, en guerriers magnanimes, Portez ou retenez vos coups ! Épargnez ces tristes victimes, À regret s’armant contre nous.

This word in other languages

magnanimous(English)magnánimo(Español)großmütig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amgnanime
  • magannime
  • maggnanime
  • magnainme
  • magnaniem
  • magnanimme
  • magnanmie
  • magnannime
  • magnnaime
  • magnnanime
  • manganime
  • mgananime
  • mmagnanime

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amgnanime2magannime2maggnanime1magnainme2magnaniem2magnanimme1magnanmie2magnannime1
Edit distance from "magnanime"

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 "magnanime"?
"magnanime" is spelled M-A-G-N-A-N-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ɲa.nim\.
What does "magnanime" mean?
As an adjective, "magnanime" means: Qui a de la grandeur, de la force d'âme.
What are common misspellings of "magnanime"?
Common misspellings include "amgnanime", "magannime", "maggnanime", "magnainme", "magnaniem". The correct spelling is "magnanime".
How do you pronounce "magnanime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "magnanime" is \ma.ɲa.nim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "magnanime" come from?
"magnanime" 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 "magnanime", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list