Which to use
“magret” and “muguet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,201
- “magret” frequency rank
- #40,877
- “muguet” frequency rank
- 90078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magret | muguet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras. | Nom usuel de Convallaria majalis, plante herbacée des régions tempérées dont les fleurs printanières, petites et blanches, forment des grappes de clochettes très odorantes. |
Where the eye mixes magret and muguet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. magret (CVCCVC) and muguet (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between magret and muguet
A purely visual mix-up. magret (\ma.ɡʁɛ\) and muguet (\my.ɡɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90078, 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\. muguet is at rank #40,877, tagged as anoun, pronounced \my.ɡɛ\.
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 90078, this pair ranks #5,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of magret vs muguet
Shared letters: egmt. Private to "magret": ar. Private to "muguet": u.
"magret" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "muguet" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "magret" and "muguet" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "magret" or "muguet" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "magret" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muguet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magret" and "muguet" 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 #5,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.