Magdeleine

name

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The verdict

“Magdeleine” is uncommon French (frequency #51,591 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,591
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Key facts for Magdeleine
PropertyValue
HeadwordMagdeleine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,591
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Magdeleine” 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). Magdeleine lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

Magdeleine is uncommon French at frequency #51,591 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Magdeleine, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Magdeleine, spelled M-A-G-D-E-L-E-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

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 "Magdeleine"?
"Magdeleine" is spelled M-A-G-D-E-L-E-I-N-E.
What does "Magdeleine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Magdeleine" means: Prénom féminin.
What language does "Magdeleine" come from?
"Magdeleine" 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 “Magdeleine”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-G-D-E-L-E-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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