malar
/ˈmeɪlə/
"malar" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“malar” is uncommon English (frequency #87,521 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,521
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to the cheek.
Corpus desk
Index EN-malar · malar · English
malar · rank #87,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,521
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH makerspace
Nearest frequency peer: makerspace (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “malar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- maiko
maiko
12,483 corpus weight
- maillot
maillot
12,482 corpus weight
- makerspace
makerspace
12,481 corpus weight
- malar
malar
12,480 corpus weight
- malthouse
malthouse
12,479 corpus weight
- mangas
mangas
12,477 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “malar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmeɪlə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “malar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
malar is uncommon English at frequency #87,521 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈmeɪlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to the cheek.".
No misspelling variants are generated for malar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”). The correct English form is malar, spelled M-A-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to the cheek.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how malar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance.
Etymology
From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”).
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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