Magritte

\ma.ɡʁit\

/\ma.ɡʁit\/ name

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The verdict

“Magritte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,389. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,389
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-magritte · Magritte · French

Magritte · rank #39,389 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #39,389
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH magicienne

Nearest frequency peer: magicienne (-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 « Magritte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Magritte » 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).

Magritte vs mariette
63% similar

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

Key facts for Magritte
PropertyValue
HeadwordMagritte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ma.ɡʁit\
Letters8
Frequency rank#39,389
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Magritte »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Magrittese 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 « magicienne » (#39,388), « magasiner » (#39,387), « Maes » (#39,386). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Magritte » est au #39,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Magritte (IPA \ma.ɡʁit\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,389 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Magritte, with forms such as "amgritte", "maggritte", and "magirtte". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mariette", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Magritte, spelled M-A-G-R-I-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. M. Magritte, architecte DPLG, par ailleurs titulaire d’un CEAA, environ 40 ans, se définit comme « architecte-urbaniste ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amgritte
  • maggritte
  • magirtte
  • magrite
  • magritet
  • magrritte
  • magrtite
  • margitte
  • mgaritte
  • mmagritte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amgritte2maggritte1magirtte2magrite1magritet2magrritte1magrtite2margitte2
Edit distance from "Magritte"

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 "Magritte"?
"Magritte" is spelled M-A-G-R-I-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ɡʁit\.
What does "Magritte" mean?
As a proper noun, "Magritte" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Magritte"?
"Magritte" is commonly confused with "mariette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Magritte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Magritte" is \ma.ɡʁit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Magritte" come from?
"Magritte" 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 "Magritte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marécage#39,395Lockheed#39,380latrines#39,373lanières#39,370

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

mariant10 variantsmarshal10 variantsMinitel10 variantsLamothe10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list