madras
/məˈdɹæs/noun
madras is spelled M-A-D-R-A-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, madras means “A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of madras is madrases.
How many letters and syllables are in madras?
| Letters | 6: M-A-D-R-A-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is madras?
Madras appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce madras?
- /məˈdɹæs/
- /ˈmædɹəs/
Madras has 2 syllables (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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Madras.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-madras.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-madras2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with madras?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as madras from its last stressed vowel (/æs/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: masdar.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of madras
- madrases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does madras mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
- 2
A large handkerchief of this fabric, worn on the head in the West Indies.
- 3
Alternative form of Madras (“type of curry”).
noun
- 1
UKA style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.
I’ll have the chicken Madras.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Madras in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fabric:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does madras come from?
From Madras, former name of the Indian city Chennai, where it was first produced.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).