Malacca
/məˈlækə/noun
Malacca is spelled M-A-L-A-C-C-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Malacca means “Ellipsis of Malacca cane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Malacca is Malaccas.
How many letters and syllables are in Malacca?
| Letters | 7: M-A-L-A-C-C-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Malacca?
Malacca appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Malacca?
- /məˈlaka/
- /məˈlakə/
- US /məˈlækə/
Malacca has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-Malacca.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Malacca?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Malacca from its last stressed vowel (/ækə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Malacca
- Malaccas plural
- Melaka
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Malacca mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of Malacca cane.
Walking Canes, from low priced to the richest and most costly description. Novelties in French Cane mountings. A choice collection of Malaccas and other Sticks.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Malacca come from?
From Malay Melaka, probably after melaka, a kind of tree that grows in the region.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).