madrassa

noun

"madrassa" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“madrassa” is uncommon English (frequency #96,184 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,184
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of madrasah.

Key facts for madrassa
PropertyValue
Headwordmadrassa
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,184
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “madrassa” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). madrassa lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

madrassa is uncommon English at frequency #96,184 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of madrasah.".

No misspelling variants are generated for madrassa in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is madrassa, spelled M-A-D-R-A-S-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of madrasah.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "madrassa"?
"madrassa" is spelled M-A-D-R-A-S-S-A.
What does "madrassa" mean?
As a noun, "madrassa" means: Alternative spelling of madrasah.
What language does "madrassa" come from?
"madrassa" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “madrassa”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-A-D-R-A-S-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list