# Malaga vs Malagasy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Malaga
*name · IPA /ˈmæləɡə/ · frequency rank #34,974*
A port city, the capital of the province of Malaga, Andalusia, Spain.

### Malagasy
*noun · IPA /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/ · frequency rank #46,041*
A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-malagasy
