madge
/mæd͡ʒ/obsolete
madge is spelled M-A-D-G-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Madge, the name). As a noun, madge means “The barn owl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of madge is madges.
How many letters and syllables are in madge?
| Letters | 5: M-A-D-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is madge?
Madge appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Madge, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce madge?
- /mæd͡ʒ/
Madge has one syllable (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).
What does madge mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicThe barn owl.
- 2
archaicThe magpie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does madge come from?
See the etymology at magpie for a related discussion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).