magvsmHWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mag is a noun, mH is a symbol, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mag” is a noun and “mH” is a symbol - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,504
“mag” frequency rank
#24,675
“mH” frequency rank
39179
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mag mH
Definition Magazine. Symbole du millihenry, unité de mesure d’inductance du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻³ henry.

Letter map: mag vs mH

Shared letters muted; letters that set mag and mH apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
mag
2 ch
mH

Part-of-speech tell for mag / mH

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mag is anoun and mHasymbol. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mag is recorded at frequency rank #14,504, classified as anoun, pronounced \maɡ\. mH is at rank #24,675, tagged as asymbol.

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 39179, this pair ranks #249,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mag vs mH

Shared letters: m. Private to "mag": ag. Private to "mH": h.

"mag" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "mH" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mag" for "mH" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mag" is a noun and "mH" a symbol, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mag" or "mH"?
"mag" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,504 in our French list, against #24,675 for "mH". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "mag" and "mH". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mag" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mH" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #249,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mag" and "mH" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mH vs MWh". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #249,910 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list