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“magicienne” and “magiciens” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,388
- “magicienne” frequency rank
- #25,033
- “magiciens” frequency rank
- 64421
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magicienne | magiciens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui pratique la magie. | Pluriel de magicien. |
Where the eye mixes magicienne and magiciens
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: magicienne vs magiciens
A purely visual mix-up. magicienne (\ma.ʒi.sjɛn\) and magiciens (\ma.ʒi.sjɛ̃\) 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 64421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magicienne is recorded at frequency rank #39,388, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʒi.sjɛn\. magiciens is at rank #25,033, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʒi.sjɛ̃\.
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 64421, this pair ranks #77,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of magicienne vs magiciens
Shared letters: acegimn. Private to "magicienne": -. Private to "magiciens": s.
"magicienne" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCV · "magiciens" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- magicienne ← amgicienne · magciienne · maggicienne · magiccienne · magiceinne · magiciene · magicienen · magicinene
- magiciens ← amgiciens · magciiens · maggiciens · magicciens · magiceins · magicienns · magicienss · magiciesn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magicienne" and "magiciens" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "magicienne" or "magiciens" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "magicienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "magiciens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magicienne" and "magiciens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magicienne vs musicienne". 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 #77,165 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.