Which to use
“magot” and “margot” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,999
- “magot” frequency rank
- #16,942
- “margot” frequency rank
- 59941
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magot | margot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gros singe sans queue, du genre des macaques. | Pie bavarde. |
Where the eye mixes magot and margot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. magot runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against margot's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: magot vs margot
A purely visual mix-up. magot (\ma.ɡo\) and margot (\maʁ.ɡo\) 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 59941, 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\. margot is at rank #16,942, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.ɡo\.
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 59941, this pair ranks #100,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of magot vs margot
Shared letters: agmot. Private to "magot": -. Private to "margot": r.
"magot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "margot" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "magot" for "margot" ever safe?
Which is more common, "magot" or "margot"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "magot" and "margot" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "magot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "margot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magot" and "margot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magot vs magret". 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 #100,322 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.