madras
The verdict
“madras” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #65,620 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,620
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - colchão
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madras |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “madras” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for madras is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #65,620 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "colchão".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for madras, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is madras, spelled M-A-D-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1colchão
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “madras”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-D-R-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.