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 September 3, 2026) - Fille ou jeune fille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-madel · Mädel · French
Mädel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mädel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈmɛːdl̩\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mädel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie haben Nachwuchs bekommen - ist es ein Bub oder ein Mädel?
Er tanzte mit seinem Mädel fast bis in die Früh.
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.