magret

\ma.ɡʁɛ\

/\ma.ɡʁɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“magret” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,201. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,201
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras.

Corpus desk

Index FR-magret · magret · French

magret · rank #49,201 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,201
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mambo

Nearest frequency peer: mambo (+2 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 « magret »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « magret » 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).

magret vs mare
67% similar
magret vs mart
67% similar
magret vs maire
67% similar

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

Key facts for magret
PropertyValue
Headwordmagret
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ɡʁɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,201
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « magret »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mambo » (#49,203), « mandrin » (#49,204), « luthériens » (#49,197). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « magret » est au #49,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around magret (IPA \ma.ɡʁɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,201 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for magret, with forms such as "amgret", "magert", and "maggret". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mare", "mart", "maire", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is magret, spelled M-A-G-R-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au menu : apéritif, melon de pays, terrine de poisson, coup du milieu, mouton ou magret de canard, mojhettes, salade, fromage, glace, café cognac.
  2. Déposez le magret côté peau vers le bas dans une poêle froide et faites cuire sur feu doux jusqu’à ce que la peau soit très fine et uniformément croustillante.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amgret
  • magert
  • maggret
  • magrett
  • magrret
  • magrte
  • marget
  • mgaret
  • mmagret

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of magret - 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.

amgret2magert2maggret1magrett1magrret1magrte2marget2mgaret2
Edit distance from "magret"

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 "magret"?
"magret" is spelled M-A-G-R-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ɡʁɛ\.
What does "magret" mean?
As a noun, "magret" means: Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras.
What words are commonly confused with "magret"?
"magret" is commonly confused with "mare", "mart", "maire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "magret"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "magret" is \ma.ɡʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "magret" come from?
"magret" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list