Madrigal
[madʁiˈɡaːl]
The verdict
“Madrigal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ursprünglich eine Hirtendichtung in lyrischer Form
Corpus desk
Index DE-madrigal · Madrigal · German
Madrigal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Madrigal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [madʁiˈɡaːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Madrigal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Madrigal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [madʁiˈɡaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Madrigal in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Madrigal, spelled M-A-D-R-I-G-A-L.
Definition
- 1ursprünglich eine Hirtendichtung in lyrischer Form
- 2seit dem 14. Jahrhundert ein häufig von Instrumenten begleitetes Kunstlied
- 3im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert mehrstimmiges Gesellschaftslied im A-cappela-Satz
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.