Which to use
“magnétiques” and “magnifiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,760
- “magnétiques” frequency rank
- #5,888
- “magnifiques” frequency rank
- 23648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magnétiques | magnifiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de magnétique. | Pluriel de magnifique. |
Where the eye mixes magnétiques and magnifiques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. magnétiques and magnifiques follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between magnétiques and magnifiques
A purely visual mix-up. magnétiques (\ma.ɲe.tik\) and magnifiques (\ma.ɲi.fik\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magnétiques is recorded at frequency rank #17,760, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.ɲe.tik\. magnifiques is at rank #5,888, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.ɲi.fik\.
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 23648, this pair ranks #351,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of magnétiques vs magnifiques
Shared letters: aegimnqsu. Private to "magnétiques": té. Private to "magnifiques": f.
"magnétiques" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC · "magnifiques" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- magnifiques ← amgnifiques · maggnifiques · maginfiques · magnfiiques · magniffiques · magnifiqeus · magnifiqques · magnifiquess
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "magnétiques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "magnifiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #351,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magnétiques" and "magnifiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magnétique vs magnétiques". 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 #351,244 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.