Malware
The verdict
“Malware” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #24,823 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,823
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oberbegriff für Schadsoftware jeglicher Art wie Würmer, Trojaner, Spyware oder auch Dialer
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malware |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Malware” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Malware is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #24,823 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Oberbegriff für Schadsoftware jeglicher Art wie Würmer, Trojaner, Spyware oder auch Dialer".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Malware, with forms such as "amlware", "malawre", and "mallware". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Malware, spelled M-A-L-W-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Oberbegriff für Schadsoftware jeglicher Art wie Würmer, Trojaner, Spyware oder auch Dialer
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amlware,malawre,mallware,malwaer,malwarre,malwrae,malwware,mawlare,mlaware,mmalware
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Malware - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “Malware”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-L-W-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.