madras

noun

The verdict

“madras” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,620 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,620
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - colchão

Corpus desk

Index PT-madras · madras · Portuguese

madras · rank #65,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,620
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mamo

Nearest frequency peer: mamo (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “madras”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “madras” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for madras
PropertyValue
Headwordmadras
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#65,620
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “madras” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.madrascai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “mamo” (#65,621), “loto” (#65,616), “meiose” (#65,629). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “madras” fica em #65,620. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

madras is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,620 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    colchão

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Hver Love Shack er indrettet med en rigtig madras, bløde dyner til to personer, puder og ikke mindst masser af albueplads.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "madras"?
"madras" is spelled M-A-D-R-A-S.
What does "madras" mean?
As a noun, "madras" means: colchão
What language does "madras" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list