Which to use
“magret” is a noun and “malgré” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,201
- “magret” frequency rank
- #556
- “malgré” frequency rank
- 49757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magret | malgré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras. | Contre le vouloir de quelqu’un, contre le gré de. |
Where the eye mixes magret and malgré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. magret (CVCCVC) and malgré (CVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between magret and malgré
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: magret is \ma.ɡʁɛ\ while malgré is \mal.ɡʁe\. 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 preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49757, 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\. malgré is at rank #556, tagged as aprep, pronounced \mal.ɡʁe\.
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 49757, this pair ranks #168,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of magret vs malgré
Shared letters: agmr. Private to "magret": et. Private to "malgré": lé.
"magret" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "malgré" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- magret ← amgret · magert · maggret · magrett · magrret · magrte · marget · mgaret
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magret" and "malgré" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "magret" vs "malgré" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "malgré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magret" and "malgré" 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 #168,070 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.