madrugada
[ma.ðɾu.ˈɣa.ða]
The verdict
“madrugada” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Aube, matinée, matin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-madrugada · madrugada · French
madrugada · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madrugada |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ma.ðɾu.ˈɣa.ða] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
madrugada is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ma.ðɾu.ˈɣa.ða]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for madrugada in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is madrugada, spelled M-A-D-R-U-G-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Aube, matinée, matin.
- 2Les heures après minuit et jusqu'au lever du soleil sont désignées ainsi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how madrugada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Desde la erupción de la madrugada la actividad del volcán comenzó a decrecer.
la una de la madrugada.
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.