Which to use
“magic” and “mami” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,190
- “magic” frequency rank
- #45,158
- “mami” frequency rank
- 57348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magic | mami |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Magie. | Nourrisson, petit enfant. |
Where the eye mixes magic and mami
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: magic vs mami
A purely visual mix-up. magic (\ˈmædʒ.ɪk\) and mami (\ma.mi\) 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 57348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magic is recorded at frequency rank #12,190, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈmædʒ.ɪk\. mami is at rank #45,158, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.mi\.
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 57348, this pair ranks #115,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of magic vs mami
Shared letters: aim. Private to "magic": cg. Private to "mami": -.
"magic" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mami" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magic" and "mami" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "magic" or "mami"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "magic" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mami" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magic" and "mami" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mami vs memo". 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 #115,599 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.