Which to use
“magiques” and “masqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,352
- “magiques” frequency rank
- #25,040
- “masqués” frequency rank
- 35392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magiques | masqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de magique. | Masculin pluriel de masqué. |
Where the eye mixes magiques and masqués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. magiques runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against masqués's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses magiques with masqués
A purely visual mix-up. magiques (\ma.ʒik\) and masqués (\mas.ke\) 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 35392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magiques is recorded at frequency rank #10,352, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.ʒik\. masqués is at rank #25,040, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mas.ke\.
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 35392, this pair ranks #277,083 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of magiques vs masqués
Shared letters: amqsu. Private to "magiques": egi. Private to "masqués": é.
"magiques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "masqués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- magiques ← amgiques · maggiques · magiqeus · magiqques · magiquess · magiquse · magiuqes · magqiues
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magiques" and "masqués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "magiques" vs "masqués" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "magiques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "masqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #277,083 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magiques" and "masqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "masquent vs masqués". 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 #277,083 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.