Malayalam
[malaˈjaːlam]
The verdict
“Malayalam” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine der offiziell anerkannten Sprachen in Indien, die zu den dravidischen Sprachen gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-malayalam · Malayalam · German
Malayalam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malayalam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [malaˈjaːlam] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Malayalam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Malayalam is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [malaˈjaːlam]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der offiziell anerkannten Sprachen in Indien, die zu den dravidischen Sprachen gehört".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Malayalam in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Malayalam, spelled M-A-L-A-Y-A-L-A-M.
Definition
- 1eine der offiziell anerkannten Sprachen in Indien, die zu den dravidischen Sprachen gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Malayalam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich werde anfangen, Malayalam zu lernen.
Malayalam hat laut der indischen Volkszählung von 2001 rund 33 Millionen muttersprachliche Sprecher.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.