helter-skelter vs madcap

helter-skelter

adj
  • Carelessly hurried and confused. 

noun
  • A helical fairground slide. 

  • Confusion or turmoil. 

adv
  • In confused, disorderly haste. 

madcap

adj
  • Hasty, impulsive, or reckless; capricious. 

noun
  • An impulsive, hasty, capricious person. 

How often have the words helter-skelter and madcap occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )