# Madigan vs Madison

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Madigan
*name · frequency rank #42,252*
A surname from Irish.

### Madison
*name · IPA /ˈmædɪsən/ · frequency rank #5,436*
An English surname originating as a matronymic; (US politics) used specifically of James Madison (1751–1836), a Founding Father and fourth president of the United States.

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