Which to use
“mages” and “mare” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,382
- “mages” frequency rank
- #11,992
- “mare” frequency rank
- 33374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mages | mare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mage. | Petit amas d’eau dormante qui se forme naturellement par l’abaissement du sol, ou qu’on produit artificiellement dans les villages et dans les fermes, pour des usages communs ou domestiques. |
Where the eye mixes mages and mare
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between mages and mare
A purely visual mix-up. mages (\maʒ\) and mare (\mɑʁ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mages is recorded at frequency rank #21,382, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʒ\. mare is at rank #11,992, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑʁ\.
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 33374, this pair ranks #291,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mages vs mare
Shared letters: aem. Private to "mages": gs. Private to "mare": r.
"mages" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mages" and "mare" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mages" or "mare" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #291,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mages" and "mare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mages vs magret". 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 #291,055 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.