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madwoman

noun

madwoman is spelled M-A-D-W-O-M-A-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, madwoman means “A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of madwoman is madwomen.

How many letters and syllables are in madwoman?

Letters8: M-A-D-W-O-M-A-N
In writingabout once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is madwoman?

Madwoman appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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).

Forms of madwoman

  • madwomen plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does madwoman mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Madwoman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense a woman who is insane:

LanguageWords
Frenchfolle
GermanIrre, Wahnsinnige, Verrückte
Portuguesedoida, louca, maluca
Spanishloca

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 madwoman come from?

From mad + -woman.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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