Madeline
/ˈmæd(ə)lɪn/
"madeline" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Madeline” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,734
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from French.
Corpus desk
Index EN-madeline · Madeline · English
Madeline · rank #22,734 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,734
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH lumps
Nearest frequency peer: lumps (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Madeline”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- longstanding
longstanding
77,269 corpus weight
- lumps
lumps
77,268 corpus weight
- Madeline
Madeline
77,267 corpus weight
- magma
magma
77,266 corpus weight
- mammalian
mammalian
77,265 corpus weight
- marbles
marbles
77,264 corpus weight
What this shows “Madeline” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Madeline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæd(ə)lɪn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Madeline”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Madeline (IPA /ˈmæd(ə)lɪn/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,734 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from French.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Madeline, with forms such as "amdeline", "maddeline", and "madeilne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "midline", "modeling", "mainline", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized from French Madeleine, from Ancient Greek Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ). Doublet of Madeleine and Magdalene. The correct English form is Madeline, spelled M-A-D-E-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A female given name from French.
Etymology
Anglicized from French Madeleine, from Ancient Greek Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ). Doublet of Madeleine and Magdalene.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amdeline
- maddeline
- madeilne
- madelien
- madelinne
- madelline
- madelnie
- madleine
- maedline
- mdaeline
- mmadeline
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Madeline - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Madeline", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).