mad
/ˈmɑːt/
The verdict
“mad” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #14,642) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #14,642
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grafía alternativa de mat.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mad · mad · Spanish
mad · rank #14,642 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,642
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH luminoso
Nearest frequency peer: luminoso (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mad”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lino
lino
85,363 corpus weight
- lpm
lpm
85,362 corpus weight
- luminoso
luminoso
85,360 corpus weight
- mad
mad
85,359 corpus weight
- marcadas
marcadas
85,357 corpus weight
- matrimonial
matrimonial
85,356 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mad” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmɑːt/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #14,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mad” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for mad is neighbouring look-alikes ("mi", "mm", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /ˈmɑːt/. Frequency #14,642 among 36,142 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Grafía alternativa de mat.".
mad doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mi", "mm", "my", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is mad, spelled M-A-D.
Definition
- 1Grafía alternativa de mat.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mad", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency 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.