Mamadou

\ma.ma.du\

/\ma.ma.du\/ name

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The verdict

“Mamadou” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,065
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin d’origine africaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mamadou · Mamadou · French

Mamadou · rank #19,065 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,065
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH maintenus

Nearest frequency peer: maintenus (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Mamadou »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Mamadou » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Mamadou vs matador
57% similar
Mamadou vs Manaudou
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Mamadou
PropertyValue
HeadwordMamadou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ma.ma.du\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,065
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Mamadou »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Mamadouse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « maintenus » (#19,064), « mangeait » (#19,066), « lâchez » (#19,063). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Mamadou » est au #19,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Mamadou (IPA \ma.ma.du\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,065 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin d’origine africaine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mamadou, with forms such as "ammadou", "maamdou", and "mamaddou". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "matador", "Manaudou", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Mamadou, spelled M-A-M-A-D-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin d’origine africaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mamadou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Plusieurs jours durant, Mamadou, reste là, assis, sans bouger, sous le Baobab qui semble le protéger.
  2. Mamadou, le boy guinéen, parti faire le marché, n’est pas encore revenu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammadou
  • maamdou
  • mamaddou
  • mamaduo
  • mamaodu
  • mamdaou
  • mammadou
  • mmaadou
  • mmamadou

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mamadou - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ammadou2maamdou2mamaddou1mamaduo2mamaodu2mamdaou2mammadou1mmaadou2
Edit distance from "Mamadou"

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 "Mamadou"?
"Mamadou" is spelled M-A-M-A-D-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ma.du\.
What does "Mamadou" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mamadou" means: Prénom masculin d’origine africaine.
What words are commonly confused with "Mamadou"?
"Mamadou" is commonly confused with "matador", "Manaudou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mamadou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mamadou" is \ma.ma.du\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mamadou" come from?
"Mamadou" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mamadou", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lorrain#19,060méthane#19,074nomment#19,077notices#19,079

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

lynch9 variantsmitigé9 variantslacets9 variantsolympe9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list