Which to use
“mage” and “magret” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,491
- “mage” frequency rank
- #49,201
- “magret” frequency rank
- 69692
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mage | magret |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prêtre de la religion de Zoroastre, chez les Perses et les Mèdes. | Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras. |
Where the eye mixes mage and magret
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mage runs 4 letters (CVCV) against magret's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mage and magret
A purely visual mix-up. mage (\maʒ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mage is recorded at frequency rank #20,491, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʒ\. 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 69692, this pair ranks #54,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mage vs magret
Shared letters: aegm. Private to "mage": -. Private to "magret": rt.
"mage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "magret" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mage" and "magret" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mage" or "magret" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mage" 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 #54,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mage" 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 #54,192 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.