madina

\ma.di.na\

/\ma.di.na\/ noun

The verdict

“madina” is uncommon French (frequency #92,960 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,960
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cépage donnant un raisin de table dont les gros grains vert-jaune sont apyrènes. C'est un croisement réalisé par Paul Truel en 1964 à l'INRA de Montpellier entre les cépages cardinal et sultanine.

Key facts for madina
PropertyValue
Headwordmadina
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.di.na\
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,960
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “madina” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). madina lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

madina is uncommon French at frequency #92,960 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.di.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cépage donnant un raisin de table dont les gros grains vert-jaune sont apyrènes. C'est un croisement réalisé par Paul Truel en 1964 à l'INRA de Montpellier entre les cépages cardinal et sultanine.".

madina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is madina, spelled M-A-D-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cépage donnant un raisin de table dont les gros grains vert-jaune sont apyrènes. C'est un croisement réalisé par Paul Truel en 1964 à l'INRA de Montpellier entre les cépages cardinal et sultanine.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "madina"?
"madina" is spelled M-A-D-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.di.na\.
What does "madina" mean?
As a noun, "madina" means: Cépage donnant un raisin de table dont les gros grains vert-jaune sont apyrènes. C'est un croisement réalisé par Paul Truel en 1964 à l'INRA de Montpellier entre les cépages cardinal et sultanine.
How do you pronounce "madina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "madina" is \ma.di.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "madina" come from?
"madina" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “madina”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-D-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ma.di.na\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list