# madden vs Maddox

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### madden
*verb · IPA /ˈmædən/ · frequency rank #14,358*
To make angry.

### Maddox
*name · IPA /ˈmædəks/ · frequency rank #26,872*
A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].

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