madre
/ˈma.dɾɨ/
The verdict
“madre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,219. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,219
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mãe
Corpus desk
Index PT-madre · madre · Portuguese
madre · rank #9,219 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,219
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH lote
Nearest frequency peer: lote (-3 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “madre”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Jamaica
Jamaica
90,793 corpus weight
- latim
latim
90,791 corpus weight
- lote
lote
90,785 corpus weight
- madre
madre
90,782 corpus weight
- oitenta
oitenta
90,777 corpus weight
- pavilhão
pavilhão
90,773 corpus weight
What this shows “madre” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | madre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈma.dɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “madre”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around madre (IPA /ˈma.dɾɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,219 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for madre, with forms such as "amdre", "maddre", and "mader". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mãe", "mar", "Mark", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 madre, spelled M-A-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1mãe
- 2freira
- 3largura do leito de um rio
- 4molde para metais
- 5útero
- 6viga que apoia os estrados de uma ponte
- 7viga de apoio intermédio de um assoalho
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amdre
- maddre
- mader
- madrre
- marde
- mdare
- mmadre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of madre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "madre"?
What does "madre" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "madre"?
How do you pronounce "madre"?
What language does "madre" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "madre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).