Which to use
“mage” and “maj” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,491
- “mage” frequency rank
- #18,249
- “maj” frequency rank
- 38740
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mage | maj |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prêtre de la religion de Zoroastre, chez les Perses et les Mèdes. | Major. |
Same sound, different letters: mage vs maj
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - mage and maj
This is the hard kind. mage and maj are pronounced identically (\maʒ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38740, 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\. maj is at rank #18,249, 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 38740, this pair ranks #253,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mage vs maj
Shared letters: am. Private to "mage": eg. Private to "maj": j.
"mage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "maj" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mage ← amge · maeg · magge · mgae · mmage
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mage" for "maj" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mage" or "maj"?
Useful next steps
"mage" and "maj" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maj" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mage" and "maj" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mage vs MSG". 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 #253,148 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.