madrigal
/ˈmæd͡ɹɪɡəl/
"madrigal" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“madrigal” is uncommon English (frequency #54,918 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,918
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-madrigal · madrigal · English
madrigal · rank #54,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,918
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Lupo
Nearest frequency peer: Lupo (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “madrigal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Luci
Luci
45,087 corpus weight
- ludicrously
ludicrously
45,086 corpus weight
- Lupo
Lupo
45,085 corpus weight
- madrigal
madrigal
45,083 corpus weight
- Manda
Manda
45,081 corpus weight
- Marmaduke
Marmaduke
45,080 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “madrigal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “madrigal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
madrigal is uncommon English at frequency #54,918 among 4,057 “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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).