madrague
\ma.dʁaɡ\
The verdict
“madrague” is uncommon French (frequency #92,961 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,961
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enceinte faite de câbles et de filets destinée à capturer des thons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-madrague · madrague · French
madrague · rank #92,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,961
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH madina
Nearest frequency peer: madina (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « madrague »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- macareux
macareux
7,044 corpus weight
- madina
madina
7,041 corpus weight
- madrague
madrague
7,040 corpus weight
- Magnac
Magnac
7,038 corpus weight
- mahométane
mahométane
7,037 corpus weight
- maillets
maillets
7,036 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « madrague » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madrague |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.dʁaɡ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « madrague » en français
Rare enough to double-check
madrague is uncommon French at frequency #92,961 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.dʁaɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enceinte faite de câbles et de filets destinée à capturer des thons.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for madrague, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is madrague, spelled M-A-D-R-A-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Enceinte faite de câbles et de filets destinée à capturer des thons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how madrague appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ordonnance de 1681 et l’arrêté de l’an IX ne laissent pas aux particuliers la faculté d’établir, quand, comme et où bon leur semble, des madragues.[…] L’ordonnance défendait de placer aucunes madragues dans les ports ou autres lieux où elles pussent nuire à la navigation. Et d’y laisser, en levant les madragues, les pierres ou baudes qui y sont attachées.
Actuellement, la Tunisie poursuit au Cap Bon l’exploitation de madragues.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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