Which to use
“Magda” is a name and “mage” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,395
- “Magda” frequency rank
- #20,491
- “mage” frequency rank
- 61886
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Magda | mage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prénom féminin, correspondant à Madeleine. | Prêtre de la religion de Zoroastre, chez les Perses et les Mèdes. |
Letter map: Magda vs mage
Shared letters muted; letters that set Magda and mage apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for Magda / mage
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Magda is aname and mageanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Magda is recorded at frequency rank #41,395, classified as aname. mage is at rank #20,491, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʒ\.
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 61886, this pair ranks #89,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Magda vs mage
Shared letters: agm. Private to "Magda": d. Private to "mage": e.
"Magda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Magda" for "mage" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Magda" vs "mage" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "Magda" vs "mage" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Magda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Magda" and "mage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Magda vs maid". 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 #89,914 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.