Which to use
“magasine” is a verb and “magazine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,905
- “magasine” frequency rank
- #2,527
- “magazine” frequency rank
- 40432
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magasine | magazine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de magasiner. | Publication périodique, généralement illustrée. |
Same sound, different letters: magasine vs magazine
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. magasine and magazine follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - magasine and magazine
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: magasine and magazine carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ma.ɡa.zin\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - s in “magasine” becomes z in “magazine”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40432, 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\. magazine is at rank #2,527, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ɡa.zin\.
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 40432, this pair ranks #240,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of magasine vs magazine
Shared letters: aegimn. Private to "magasine": s. Private to "magazine": z.
"magasine" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "magazine" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "magasine" and "magazine" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "magasine" or "magazine" show up more?
What to do next
"magasine" and "magazine" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "magasine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "magazine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magasine" and "magazine" 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 #240,546 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.