# Madison vs Madsen

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### Madsen
*name · frequency rank #40,788*
A surname.

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