malachy
"malachy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“malachy” is uncommon English (frequency #88,573 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,573
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of malarkey.
Corpus desk
Index EN-malachy · malachy · English
malachy · rank #88,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,573
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Mallika
Nearest frequency peer: Mallika (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “malachy”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Maillard
Maillard
11,432 corpus weight
- Majuro
Majuro
11,430 corpus weight
- malachy
malachy
11,428 corpus weight
- Mallika
Mallika
11,427 corpus weight
- Malpas
Malpas
11,426 corpus weight
- Malthusian
Malthusian
11,425 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “malachy” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malachy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malachy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
malachy is uncommon English at frequency #88,573 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete spelling of malarkey.".
malachy has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is malachy, spelled M-A-L-A-C-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of malarkey.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.