Madura
"madura" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Madura” is uncommon English (frequency #80,642 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,642
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An island of Indonesia off the coast of Java.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Madura |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Madura” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Madura is uncommon English at frequency #80,642 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An island of Indonesia off the coast of Java.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Madura, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Indonesian Madura, said to be from madu (“honey”) + dara (“girl”). The correct English form is Madura, spelled M-A-D-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1An island of Indonesia off the coast of Java.
Etymology
From Indonesian Madura, said to be from madu (“honey”) + dara (“girl”).
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 “Madura”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-D-U-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.