Which to use
“magique” is an adjective and “Mexique” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,272
- “magique” frequency rank
- #3,207
- “Mexique” frequency rank
- 6479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magique | Mexique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à la magie. | Pays d’Amérique du Nord bordé par les États-Unis d’Amérique au nord et par le Guatemala et le Belize au sud-est, ainsi que par le golfe du Mexique et la mer des Caraïbes à l’est et par l’océan Pacifique à l’ouest ; sa capitale est Mexico. |
Where the eye mixes magique and Mexique
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. magique and Mexique follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses magique with Mexique
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: magique is \ma.ʒik\ while Mexique is \mek.sik\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6479, 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\. Mexique is at rank #3,207, tagged as aname, pronounced \mek.sik\.
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 6479, this pair ranks #426,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of magique vs Mexique
Shared letters: eimqu. Private to "magique": ag. Private to "Mexique": x.
"magique" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "Mexique" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "magique" for "Mexique" ever safe?
Which is more common, "magique" or "Mexique"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "magique" and "Mexique" 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 "Mexique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magique" and "Mexique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magique vs modique". 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 #426,114 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.