madriguera
[mað̞ɾiˈɣ̞eɾa]
The verdict
“madriguera” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #38,802 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,802
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Refugio situado bajo tierra donde se recogen los animales para resguardarse del exterior y protegerse de sus enemigos naturales.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madriguera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mað̞ɾiˈɣ̞eɾa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “madriguera” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for madriguera is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mað̞ɾiˈɣ̞eɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,802 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for madriguera, with forms such as "amdriguera", "maddriguera", and "madirguera". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 madriguera, spelled M-A-D-R-I-G-U-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Refugio situado bajo tierra donde se recogen los animales para resguardarse del exterior y protegerse de sus enemigos naturales.
- 2Sitio donde se reúne o esconde la gente de mal vivir
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amdriguera,maddriguera,madirguera,madrgiuera,madrigeura,madrigguera,madriguear,madriguerra,madrigurea,madriugera,madrriguera,mardiguera,mdariguera,mmadriguera
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of madriguera - 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 “madriguera”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-D-R-I-G-U-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mað̞ɾiˈɣ̞eɾa] (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.