Madagaskar
[ˌmadaˈɡaskaʁ]
The verdict
“Madagaskar” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,959. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,959
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inselrepublik im Indischen Ozean, die viertgrößte Insel der Welt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Madagaskar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌmadaˈɡaskaʁ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #26,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Madagaskar” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Madagaskar (IPA [ˌmadaˈɡaskaʁ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,959 among 44,424 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inselrepublik im Indischen Ozean, die viertgrößte Insel der Welt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Madagaskar, with forms such as "amdagaskar", "maadgaskar", and "madaagskar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Madagaskar, spelled M-A-D-A-G-A-S-K-A-R.
Definition
- 1Inselrepublik im Indischen Ozean, die viertgrößte Insel der Welt
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amdagaskar
- maadgaskar
- madaagskar
- madagaksar
- madagasakr
- madagaskarr
- madagaskkar
- madagaskra
- madagasskar
- madaggaskar
- madagsakar
- maddagaskar
- madgaaskar
- mdaagaskar
- mmadagaskar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Madagaskar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Madagaskar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-D-A-G-A-S-K-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌmadaˈɡaskaʁ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.