madison
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "madison", 7-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "madison" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "madison" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
Madison is aEnglishname. It means: An English surname originating as a matronymic; (US politics) used specifically of James Madison (1751–1836), a Founding Father and fourth president of the United States. Pronounced /ˈmædɪsən/. It ranks #5,436 in English word frequency. Often confused with mason and Marion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Madison |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Name |
| IPA | /ˈmædɪsən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Madison is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmædɪsən/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,436 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 30 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Madison, with forms such as "amdison", "maddison", and "madiosn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "mason", "Marion", "Manson", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Usually derived from Mathieson (Matthew + -son), occasionally from Middle English Maddy (“Maud”) + -son. In the movie Splash, its use as a given name derives from Manhattan’s Madison Avenue. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Madison, spelled M-A-D-I-S-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1An English surname originating as a matronymic; (US politics) used specifically of James Madison (1751–1836), a Founding Father and fourth president of the United States.
- 2A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 3A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 4A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 5A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 6A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 7A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 8A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 9A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 10A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 11A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 12A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 13A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 14A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 15A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 16A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 17A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 18A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 19A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 20A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 21A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 22A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 23A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 24A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 25A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 26A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 27A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- 28A river in Wyoming and Montana, United States; named for James Madison.
- 29A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 30A female given name transferred from the surname, popular since 1984 when it appeared as the name of a mermaid in the film Splash.
Etymology
Usually derived from Mathieson (Matthew + -son), occasionally from Middle English Maddy (“Maud”) + -son. In the movie Splash, its use as a given name derives from Manhattan’s Madison Avenue.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amdison,maddison,madiosn,madisno,madisonn,madisson,madsion,maidson,mdaison,mmadison
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Madison
Misspelling Variants of "Madison"
Frequency rank: #5,436 in English
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