Which to use
“magique” and “maniaque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,272
- “magique” frequency rank
- #22,612
- “maniaque” frequency rank
- 25884
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magique | maniaque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à la magie. | Qui manifeste une manie. |
Where the eye mixes magique and maniaque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. magique runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against maniaque's 8 (CVCVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: magique vs maniaque
A purely visual mix-up. magique (\ma.ʒik\) and maniaque (\ma.njak\) 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 25884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magique is recorded at frequency rank #3,272, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.ʒik\. maniaque is at rank #22,612, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.njak\.
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 25884, this pair ranks #338,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of magique vs maniaque
Shared letters: aeimqu. Private to "magique": g. Private to "maniaque": n.
"magique" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "maniaque" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "magique" for "maniaque" ever safe?
Frequency check: "magique" vs "maniaque" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "magique" and "maniaque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "magique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maniaque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magique" and "maniaque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maniaque vs maniaques". 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 #338,328 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.