madero

/[maˈð̞eɾo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,148

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

madero is aSpanishnoun. It means: Trozo largo de madera en forma de rectángulo o cilindro. Pronounced [maˈð̞eɾo]. It ranks #9,148 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mero and madre.

Key facts for madero
PropertyValue
Headwordmadero
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈð̞eɾo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,148
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of madero in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for madero is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈð̞eɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,148 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for madero, with forms such as "amdero", "maddero", and "madeor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mero", "madre", "mateo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is madero, spelled M-A-D-E-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trozo largo de madera en forma de rectángulo o cilindro.
  2. 2
    Pieza de madera labrada a cuatro caras (escuadrada) para fines de construcción.
  3. 3
    Barco, buque, embarcación, nave (vehículo para navegar).
  4. 4
    Persona con pocos sentimientos, poca compasión, poca habilidad, poca astucia o poco entendimiento.
  5. 5
    Individuo que pertenece al cuerpo de Policía.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amdero,maddero,madeor,maderro,madreo,maedro,mdaero,mmadero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for madero

Misspelling Variants of "madero"

amdero6maddero7madeor6maderro7madreo6maedro6mdaero6mmadero7
Misspelling Variants of "madero"

Frequency rank: #9,148 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "madero"?
"madero" is spelled M-A-D-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈð̞eɾo].
What does "madero" mean?
As a noun, "madero" means: Trozo largo de madera en forma de rectángulo o cilindro.
What words are commonly confused with "madero"?
"madero" is commonly confused with "mero", "madre", "mateo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "madero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "madero" is [maˈð̞eɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "madero" come from?
"madero" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.