madling
"madling" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“madling” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-madling · madling · English
madling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “madling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
madling is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for madling, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mad + -ling. The correct English form is madling, spelled M-A-D-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how madling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A madling acts in opposition to common sense. He is an owd madling whose reason has become childish by the lapse of years.
A madling was speaking to them; a woman. Dani stopped with a mind to retreat.
Etymology
From mad + -ling.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.