Malabar Coast

name

"malabar-coast" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Malabar Coast” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of Malabar, forming the southwest coast of India, now principally the state of Kerala.

Corpus desk

Index EN-malabar-coast · Malabar Coast · English

Malabar Coast · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Malabar Coast
PropertyValue
HeadwordMalabar Coast
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Malabar Coast” in English

Malabar Coastsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Malabar Coast is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Malabar Coast in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the former general inaccessibility and unimportance of the interior to European traders. The correct English form is Malabar Coast, spelled M-A-L-A-B-A-R- -C-O-A-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of Malabar, forming the southwest coast of India, now principally the state of Kerala.
  2. 2
    The entire western coast of India.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A Muncheel is a kind of litter, resembling a sea-cot, or hammock, hung to a long pole, with a moveable covering over the whole, to keep off the sun or rain. Six men will run with one from one end of the Malabar coast to the other, while twelve are necessary for the lightest palanquin.

Etymology

From the former general inaccessibility and unimportance of the interior to European traders.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Malabar Coast"?
"Malabar Coast" is spelled M-A-L-A-B-A-R- -C-O-A-S-T.
What does "Malabar Coast" mean?
As a proper noun, "Malabar Coast" means: Synonym of Malabar, forming the southwest coast of India, now principally the state of Kerala.
What is the origin of the word "Malabar Coast"?
From the former general inaccessibility and unimportance of the interior to European traders. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list