madrastra
[maˈð̞ɾast̪ɾa]
The verdict
“madrastra” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #23,851 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,851
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Esposa del padre, posterior y distinta de la madre biológica de sus hijos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madrastra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈð̞ɾast̪ɾa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “madrastra” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for madrastra is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈð̞ɾast̪ɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,851 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Esposa del padre, posterior y distinta de la madre biológica de sus hijos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for madrastra, with forms such as "amdrastra", "madarstra", and "maddrastra". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is madrastra, spelled M-A-D-R-A-S-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1Esposa del padre, posterior y distinta de la madre biológica de sus hijos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amdrastra,madarstra,maddrastra,madrasrta,madrasstra,madrastar,madrastrra,madrasttra,madratsra,madrrastra,madrsatra,mardastra,mdarastra,mmadrastra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of madrastra - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “madrastra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-D-R-A-S-T-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈð̞ɾast̪ɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.