madden
/ˈmædən/
"madden" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“madden” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,358. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,358
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make angry.
Corpus desk
Index EN-madden · madden · English
madden · rank #14,358 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,358
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH lurking
Nearest frequency peer: lurking (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “madden”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Locke
Locke
85,646 corpus weight
- logos
logos
85,645 corpus weight
- lurking
lurking
85,644 corpus weight
- madden
madden
85,643 corpus weight
- magician
magician
85,642 corpus weight
- magistrates
magistrates
85,641 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “madden” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madden |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈmædən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “madden” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around madden (IPA /ˈmædən/), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,358 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for madden, with forms such as "amdden", "maddenn", and "maddne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "made", "Maude", "Maddy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mad + -en. The correct English form is madden, spelled M-A-D-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1To make angry.
- 2To make insane; to inflame with passion.
- 3To become furious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how madden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The rascal saw his advantage, and began a fierce harangue against the heretic strangers. As he maddened, his hearers maddened; the savage nature, capricious as a child's, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns.
And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!"
Etymology
From mad + -en.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amdden
- maddenn
- maddne
- madedn
- maden
- mdaden
- mmadden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of madden - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "madden" maps to 19 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "made". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #14,358 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.