Mädel
\ˈmɛːdl̩\
The verdict
“Mädel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fille ou jeune fille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mädel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈmɛːdl̩\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mädel” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mädel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈmɛːdl̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Mädel in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Mädel, spelled M-Ä-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1Fille ou jeune fille.
- 2Petite amie, copine.
- 3servante, bonne.
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.
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Using “Mädel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-Ä-D-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈmɛːdl̩\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.