malus

[malʊs]

/[malʊs]/ adj

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The verdict

“malus” is uncommon German (frequency #53,062 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,062
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-malus · malus · German

malus · rank #53,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,062
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Magersucht

Nearest frequency peer: Magersucht (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „malus“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „malus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malus
PropertyValue
Headwordmalus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[malʊs]
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,062
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „malus“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).malusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Magersucht“ (#53,061), „Mangelernährung“ (#53,063), „Madrider“ (#53,060). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „malus“ bei #53,062. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malus is uncommon German at frequency #53,062 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [malʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schlecht, böse".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for malus, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is malus, spelled M-A-L-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    schlecht, böse

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Muli mali estis!
  2. „namque nullum peius macerat humanum / quamde mare saevom: vires cui sunt magnae / topper confringent inportunae undae“ (Andr. 18,1–3)

Antonyms

bonus

This word in other languages

bad(English)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malus"?
"malus" is spelled M-A-L-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [malʊs].
What does "malus" mean?
As an adjective, "malus" means: schlecht, böse
How do you pronounce "malus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malus" is [malʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malus" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Maori#53,064locus#53,051Missa#53,082lecke#53,037

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list