# madame vs Maddie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### madame
*noun · IPA /məˈdæm/ · frequency rank #9,627*
Alternative form of madam.

### Maddie
*name · IPA /ˈmædi/ · frequency rank #20,991*
A diminutive of the female given name Madeleine.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/madame-vs-maddie