Which to use
“magot” and “magret” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,999
- “magot” frequency rank
- #49,201
- “magret” frequency rank
- 92200
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magot | magret |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gros singe sans queue, du genre des macaques. | Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras. |
Where the eye mixes magot and magret
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. magot runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against magret's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: magot vs magret
A purely visual mix-up. magot (\ma.ɡo\) and magret (\ma.ɡʁɛ\) 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 92200, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magot is recorded at frequency rank #42,999, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ɡo\. magret is at rank #49,201, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ɡʁɛ\.
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 92200, this pair ranks #3,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of magot vs magret
Shared letters: agmt. Private to "magot": o. Private to "magret": er.
"magot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "magret" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magot" and "magret" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "magot" vs "magret" - which ranks higher?
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 "magot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "magret" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magot" and "magret" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magret vs maigret". 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 #3,195 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.