Magog
\ma.ɡɔɡ\
The verdict
“Magog” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,722. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,722
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fils de Japhet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-magog · Magog · French
Magog · rank #45,722 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,722
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH magistralement
Nearest frequency peer: magistralement (-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 « Magog »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Lviv
Lviv
54,282 corpus weight
- léniniste
léniniste
54,281 corpus weight
- magistralem…
magistralement
54,280 corpus weight
- Magog
Magog
54,279 corpus weight
- mainte
mainte
54,278 corpus weight
- maisonnée
maisonnée
54,277 corpus weight
What this shows « Magog » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Magog |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.ɡɔɡ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #45,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Magog »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Magog (IPA \ma.ɡɔɡ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,722 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Magog, with forms such as "amgog", "maggo", and "maggog". 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, "malo", "mayo", "mano", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Magog, spelled M-A-G-O-G.
Definition
- 1Fils de Japhet.
- 2Peuple septentrional dans les prophéties d’Ézéchiel.
- 3Peuple septentrional dans les prophéties d’Ézéchiel.
- 4Symbole du mal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Magog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les enfants de Japhet sont Gomer, Magog, Madaï, Javan, Tubal, Mescech et Tiras.
Fils de l’homme, tournez le visage vers Gog, vers la terre de Magog, vers ce prince et ce chef de Mosoch et de Thubal ; et prophétisez sur lui, et vous lui direz : Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu : Je viens à vous, Gog, prince et chef de Mosoch et de Thubal.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amgog
- maggo
- maggog
- magogg
- maogg
- mgaog
- mmagog
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Magog - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).