madame
[madam]
The verdict
“madame” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,060. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,060
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frau
Corpus desk
Index DE-madame · madame · German
madame · rank #9,060 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,060
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH list
Nearest frequency peer: list (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “madame”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lebst
lebst
90,944 corpus weight
- list
list
90,942 corpus weight
- madame
madame
90,941 corpus weight
- Milf
Milf
90,940 corpus weight
- Modellen
Modellen
90,939 corpus weight
- Nachdruck
Nachdruck
90,938 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “madame” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madame |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [madam] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “madame” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around madame (IPA [madam]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,060 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for madame, with forms such as "amdame", "maadme", and "madaem". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Made", "Maxime", "Mandate", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is madame, spelled M-A-D-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Frau
- 2gnädige Frau, Madame
- 3Dame
- 4Hausherrin
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amdame
- maadme
- madaem
- madamme
- maddame
- madmae
- mdaame
- mmadame
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of madame - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "madame", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "madame". Here's where to go from here.
- "madame" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Made". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,060 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.