Which to use
“magret” is a noun and “maigre” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,201
- “magret” frequency rank
- #8,733
- “maigre” frequency rank
- 57934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magret | maigre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras. | Qui contient peu ou pas de graisse ou de liant. |
Where the eye mixes magret and maigre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. magret (CVCCVC) and maigre (CVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between magret and maigre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: magret is \ma.ɡʁɛ\ while maigre is \mɛɡʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magret is recorded at frequency rank #49,201, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ɡʁɛ\. maigre is at rank #8,733, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɛɡʁ\.
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 57934, this pair ranks #112,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of magret vs maigre
Shared letters: aegmr. Private to "magret": t. Private to "maigre": i.
"magret" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "maigre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "magret" and "maigre" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "magret" vs "maigre" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "magret" and "maigre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "magret" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maigre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magret" and "maigre" 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 #112,041 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.