madame
/məˈdæm/noun
madame is spelled M-A-D-A-M-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “madam vs madame” about 3,600 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, madame means “Alternative form of madam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of madame is madames or mesdames.
How many letters and syllables are in madame?
| Letters | 6: M-A-D-A-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is madame?
Madame appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce madame?
- UK /məˈdæm/
- UK /məˈdɑːm/
- UK /ˈmæ.dəm/
Madame has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-madame.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-madame.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-madame2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with madame
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: madam.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with madame?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as madame from its last stressed vowel (/æm/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of madame
- madames plural
- mesdames plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does madame mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of madam.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of madame.
- 2
A title equivalent to Mrs. or Ms., used for French-speaking women and (by custom) certain other individuals. It is abbreviated as Mme.
The Queen welcomed President and Madame De Gaulle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does madame come from?
Borrowed from French madame, from Old French ma dame (“my lady”). Doublet of madam and Madonna.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).