like mad
"like-mad" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“like mad” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a prep_phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Like a mad person; in a furious or deranged manner; to a great or excessive degree; with great enthusiasm.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | like mad |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “like mad” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for like mad is 8 letters long, classified as a prep_phrase. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Like a mad person; in a furious or deranged manner; to a great or excessive degree; with great enthusiasm.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for like mad, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is like mad, spelled L-I-K-E- -M-A-D.
Definition
- 1Like a mad person; in a furious or deranged manner; to a great or excessive degree; with great enthusiasm.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “like mad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-K-E- -M-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.