Which to use
“magasine” and “magasiner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,905
- “magasine” frequency rank
- #39,387
- “magasiner” frequency rank
- 77292
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magasine | magasiner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de magasiner. | Faire les magasins, faire du lèche-vitrine, sans obligatoirement acheter. |
Where the eye mixes magasine and magasiner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. magasine runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against magasiner's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between magasine and magasiner
A purely visual mix-up. magasine (\ma.ɡa.zin\) and magasiner (\ma.ɡa.zi.ne\) 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 extra letter(s) - “magasine” sits inside “magasiner”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77292, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magasine is recorded at frequency rank #37,905, classified as averb, pronounced \ma.ɡa.zin\. magasiner is at rank #39,387, tagged as averb, pronounced \ma.ɡa.zi.ne\.
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 77292, this pair ranks #28,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of magasine vs magasiner
Shared letters: aegimns. Private to "magasine": -. Private to "magasiner": r.
"magasine" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "magasiner" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "magasine" for "magasiner" ever safe?
Which is more common, "magasine" or "magasiner"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "magasine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "magasiner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magasine" and "magasiner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Magalie vs magasine". 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 #28,807 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.