madécasse

\ma.de.kas\

/\ma.de.kas\/ adj

The verdict

“madécasse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Malgache, relatif à la population de Madagascar, aux Malgaches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-madecasse · madécasse · French

madécasse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for madécasse
PropertyValue
Headwordmadécasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.de.kas\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « madécasse » en français

madécassereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

madécasse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.de.kas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

madécasse has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is madécasse, spelled M-A-D-É-C-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Malgache, relatif à la population de Madagascar, aux Malgaches.
  2. 2
    Malgache, relatif à la langue malgache.
  3. 3
    Relatif aux Français de Madagascar, aux Madécasses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how madécasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La population madécasse paraît être d’origine arabe.
  2. Parny a traduit ou imité des chansons madécasses.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "madécasse"?
"madécasse" is spelled M-A-D-É-C-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.de.kas\.
What does "madécasse" mean?
As an adjective, "madécasse" means: Malgache, relatif à la population de Madagascar, aux Malgaches.
How do you pronounce "madécasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "madécasse" is \ma.de.kas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "madécasse" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list