Which to use
“Madère” is a name and “maduro” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,257
- “Madère” frequency rank
- #21,073
- “maduro” frequency rank
- 51330
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Madère | maduro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Île la plus importante de l’archipel madérien, située à 643 km au nord-ouest du Maroc et appartenant au Portugal. | Bien fait, mûr. |
Where the eye mixes Madère and maduro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Madère and maduro follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between Madère and maduro
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Madère is \ma.dɛʁ\ while maduro is \maˈðu.ɾo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Madère is recorded at frequency rank #30,257, classified as aname, pronounced \ma.dɛʁ\. maduro is at rank #21,073, tagged as anadj, pronounced \maˈðu.ɾo\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 51330, this pair ranks #155,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Madère vs maduro
Shared letters: admr. Private to "Madère": eè. Private to "maduro": ou.
"Madère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "maduro" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- maduro ← amduro · madduro · madruo · maduor · madurro · maudro · mdauro · mmaduro
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Madère" for "maduro" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Madère" or "maduro"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Madère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maduro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Madère" and "maduro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Maddie vs Madère". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #155,857 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.