magouille

/\ma.ɡuj\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,906

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

magouille is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action douteuse ou malhonnête voire illicite ou illégale. Pronounced \ma.ɡuj\. Often confused with mouillé and maquillé.

Key facts for magouille
PropertyValue
Headwordmagouille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ɡuj\
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,906
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of magouille in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for magouille is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.ɡuj\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,906 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for magouille, with forms such as "amgouille", "maggouille", and "magoiulle". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mouillé", "maquillé", "magouilles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is magouille, spelled M-A-G-O-U-I-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action douteuse ou malhonnête voire illicite ou illégale.
  2. 2
    Trafic non déclaré de magot.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amgouille,maggouille,magoiulle,magouile,magouilel,magoulile,maguoille,maoguille,mgaouille,mmagouille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for magouille

Misspelling Variants of "magouille"

amgouille9maggouille10magoiulle9magouile8magouilel9magoulile9maguoille9maoguille9
Misspelling Variants of "magouille"

Frequency rank: #37,906 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "magouille"?
"magouille" is spelled M-A-G-O-U-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ɡuj\.
What does "magouille" mean?
As a noun, "magouille" means: Action douteuse ou malhonnête voire illicite ou illégale.
What words are commonly confused with "magouille"?
"magouille" is commonly confused with "mouillé", "maquillé", "magouilles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "magouille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "magouille" is \ma.ɡuj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "magouille" come from?
"magouille" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.