madrigal
/ˈmæd͡ɹɪɡəl/
"madrigal" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“madrigal” is uncommon English (frequency #54,918 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,918
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madrigal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæd͡ɹɪɡəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “madrigal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
madrigal is uncommon English at frequency #54,918 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmæd͡ɹɪɡəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for madrigal in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis. The correct English form is madrigal, spelled M-A-D-R-I-G-A-L.
Definition
- 1A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.
- 2A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy.
- 3A short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music.
Etymology
From Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “madrigal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-D-R-I-G-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmæd͡ɹɪɡəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.