Which to use
“magot” and “mégot” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,999
- “magot” frequency rank
- #40,389
- “mégot” frequency rank
- 83388
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magot | mégot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gros singe sans queue, du genre des macaques. | Bout qui reste d’un cigare ou d’une cigarette quand on a fini de les fumer. |
Where the eye mixes magot and mégot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. magot and mégot follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: magot vs mégot
A purely visual mix-up. magot (\ma.ɡo\) and mégot (\me.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 a single letter - a in “magot” becomes é in “mégot”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83388, 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\. mégot is at rank #40,389, tagged as anoun, pronounced \me.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 83388, this pair ranks #14,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of magot vs mégot
Shared letters: gmot. Private to "magot": a. Private to "mégot": é.
"magot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mégot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- magot ← amgot · maggot · magott · magto · maogt · mgaot · mmagot
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magot" and "mégot" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "magot" or "mégot"?
What to do next
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 "mégot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magot" and "mégot" 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 #14,938 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.