Malam
"malam" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Malam” is uncommon English (frequency #78,805 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,805
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from India from West India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-malam · Malam · English
Malam · rank #78,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,805
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mailroom
Nearest frequency peer: mailroom (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Malam”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- macula
macula
21,202 corpus weight
- Mahajan
Mahajan
21,200 corpus weight
- mailroom
mailroom
21,198 corpus weight
- Malam
Malam
21,196 corpus weight
- Masi
Masi
21,193 corpus weight
- massless
massless
21,192 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Malam” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Malam” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Malam is uncommon English at frequency #78,805 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from India from West India.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Malam, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From India or Hindi, Maal-amm means "One who has knowledge of directions". It is believed to have started to be used after people from Rajasthan came to Veraval city of Gujarat for fishing around 200 years ago. The correct English form is Malam, spelled M-A-L-A-M.
Definition
- 1A surname from India from West India.
Etymology
From India or Hindi, Maal-amm means "One who has knowledge of directions". It is believed to have started to be used after people from Rajasthan came to Veraval city of Gujarat for fishing around 200 years ago.
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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