Which to use
“magret” and “maire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,201
- “magret” frequency rank
- #1,142
- “maire” frequency rank
- 50343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magret | maire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras. | Premier officier municipal d’une commune, municipalité ou arrondissement, élu, en France, par les conseillers municipaux à l’issue des élections municipales, en Suisse, soit directement par le corps électoral (Jura), soit chaque année pour une année par le conseil municipal (Genève). |
Where the eye mixes magret and maire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. magret runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against maire's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses magret with maire
A purely visual mix-up. magret (\ma.ɡʁɛ\) and maire (\mɛʁ\) 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 50343, 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\. maire is at rank #1,142, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɛʁ\.
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 50343, this pair ranks #163,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of magret vs maire
Shared letters: aemr. Private to "magret": gt. Private to "maire": i.
"magret" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "maire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magret" and "maire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "magret" or "maire" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "magret" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magret" and "maire" 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 #163,390 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.