Madrid

/[maˈð̞ɾið̞]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#361

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Madrid is aSpanishname. It means: Ciudad capital de España. Pronounced [maˈð̞ɾið̞]. It ranks #361 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mari and María.

Key facts for Madrid
PropertyValue
HeadwordMadrid
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[maˈð̞ɾið̞]
Letters6
Frequency rank#361
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Madrid is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈð̞ɾið̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #361 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Madrid, with forms such as "amdrid", "maddrid", and "madird". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "mari", "María", "Mario", 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 Madrid, spelled M-A-D-R-I-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad capital de España.
  2. 2
    Provincia del centro de España cuyo territorio coincide con el de la Comunidad de Madrid.
  3. 3
    Apellido de origen toponímico o morisco.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amdrid,maddrid,madird,madrdi,madridd,madrrid,mardid,mdarid,mmadrid

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Madrid

Misspelling Variants of "Madrid"

amdrid6maddrid7madird6madrdi6madridd7madrrid7mardid6mdarid6
Misspelling Variants of "Madrid"

Frequency rank: #361 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Madrid"?
"Madrid" is spelled M-A-D-R-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈð̞ɾið̞].
What does "Madrid" mean?
As a name, "Madrid" means: Ciudad capital de España.
What words are commonly confused with "Madrid"?
"Madrid" is commonly confused with "mari", "María", "Mario". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Madrid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Madrid" is [maˈð̞ɾið̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Madrid" come from?
"Madrid" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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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.