Malacca
/məˈlaka/
"malacca" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Malacca” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,397
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A state in western Malaysia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-malacca · Malacca · English
Malacca · rank #35,397 · 8 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,397
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH malaise
Nearest frequency peer: malaise (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Malacca”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lumpy
lumpy
64,608 corpus weight
- lyricist
lyricist
64,607 corpus weight
- machined
machined
64,606 corpus weight
- Malacca
Malacca
64,604 corpus weight
- malaise
malaise
64,603 corpus weight
- Malvern
Malvern
64,601 corpus weight
What this shows “Malacca” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malacca |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /məˈlaka/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Malacca”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Malacca (IPA /məˈlaka/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,397 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Malacca, with forms such as "amlacca", "maalcca", and "malaca". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Malaya", "Malaga", "malaria", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Malay Melaka, probably after melaka, a kind of tree that grows in the region. The correct English form is Malacca, spelled M-A-L-A-C-C-A.
Definition
- 1A state in western Malaysia.
- 2The capital city of Malacca State, Malaysia.
- 3Ellipsis of Strait of Malacca.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Malacca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Arabs were not pioneers on this route; even earlier than this period Indian ships had sailed through Malacca to Java and went as far as China.
Consider these facts : • In just one year, U.S. $ 400 billion in cargo — including 80 percent of the oil transported to Northeast Asia moves through Malacca on 60,000 ships; • Of the 15 largest ports in the world, 12 are in the Asia […]
Etymology
From Malay Melaka, probably after melaka, a kind of tree that grows in the region.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amlacca
- maalcca
- malaca
- malacac
- malcaca
- mallacca
- mlaacca
- mmalacca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Malacca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Malacca", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).