madriguera

/[mað̞ɾiˈɣ̞eɾa]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,802

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

madriguera is aSpanishnoun. It means: Refugio situado bajo tierra donde se recogen los animales para resguardarse del exterior y protegerse de sus enemigos naturales. Pronounced [mað̞ɾiˈɣ̞eɾa].

Key facts for madriguera
PropertyValue
Headwordmadriguera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mað̞ɾiˈɣ̞eɾa]
Letters10
Frequency rank#38,802
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for madriguera is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for madriguera, with forms such as "amdriguera", "maddriguera", and "madirguera". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 madriguera, spelled M-A-D-R-I-G-U-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Refugio situado bajo tierra donde se recogen los animales para resguardarse del exterior y protegerse de sus enemigos naturales.
  2. 2
    Sitio 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for madriguera

Misspelling Variants of "madriguera"

amdriguera10maddriguera11madirguera10madrgiuera10madrigeura10madrigguera11madriguear10madriguerra11
Misspelling Variants of "madriguera"

Frequency rank: #38,802 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "madriguera"?
"madriguera" is spelled M-A-D-R-I-G-U-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [mað̞ɾiˈɣ̞eɾa].
What does "madriguera" mean?
As a noun, "madriguera" means: Refugio situado bajo tierra donde se recogen los animales para resguardarse del exterior y protegerse de sus enemigos naturales.
What are common misspellings of "madriguera"?
Common misspellings include "amdriguera", "maddriguera", "madirguera", "madrgiuera", "madrigeura". The correct spelling is "madriguera".
How do you pronounce "madriguera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "madriguera" is [mað̞ɾiˈɣ̞eɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "madriguera" come from?
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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.