Malagasy
/ˌmæləˈɡæsi/
"malagasy" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Malagasy” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,041. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,041
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-malagasy · Malagasy · English
Malagasy · rank #46,041 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #46,041
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH maidenhead
Nearest frequency peer: maidenhead (-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 “Malagasy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- luger
luger
53,967 corpus weight
- Lytton
Lytton
53,964 corpus weight
- maidenhead
maidenhead
53,961 corpus weight
- Malagasy
Malagasy
53,960 corpus weight
- Malin
Malin
53,958 corpus weight
- mammy
mammy
53,957 corpus weight
What this shows “Malagasy” 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 | Malagasy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #46,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Malagasy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Malagasy (IPA /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,041 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Malagasy, with forms such as "amlagasy", "maalgasy", and "malaagsy". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Malaga", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Malagasy malagasy, connected to Mālāī-Jezīra, “island of Mālāī”. Compare English Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of Mogadishu whereas it should be Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “the Island of … The correct English form is Malagasy, spelled M-A-L-A-G-A-S-Y.
Definition
- 1A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.
Etymology
From Malagasy malagasy, connected to Mālāī-Jezīra, “island of Mālāī”. Compare English Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of Mogadishu whereas it should be Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “the Island of Mālāī”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amlagasy
- maalgasy
- malaagsy
- malagassy
- malagasyy
- malagays
- malaggasy
- malagsay
- malgaasy
- mallagasy
- mlaagasy
- mmalagasy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Malagasy - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).