Which to use
“madre” and “magret” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,769
- “madre” frequency rank
- #49,201
- “magret” frequency rank
- 82970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | madre | magret |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bois veiné, ou tacheté issus du cœur ou de la racine et généralement utilisé pour confectionner des récipients pour boire | Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras. |
Where the eye mixes madre and magret
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. madre runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against magret's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between madre and magret
A purely visual mix-up. madre (\madʁ\) and magret (\ma.ɡʁɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
madre is recorded at frequency rank #33,769, classified as anoun, pronounced \madʁ\. magret is at rank #49,201, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ɡʁɛ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 82970, this pair ranks #15,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of madre vs magret
Shared letters: aemr. Private to "madre": d. Private to "magret": gt.
"madre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "magret" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "madre" for "magret" ever safe?
Which is more common, "madre" or "magret"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "madre" and "magret" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "madre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "magret" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "madre" and "magret" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magret vs maigret". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #15,673 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.