malar
/ˈmeɪlə/
"malar" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“malar” is uncommon English (frequency #87,521 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,521
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pertaining to the cheek.
| 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) |
Where “malar” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
malar is uncommon English at frequency #87,521 among 36,575 “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.
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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Using “malar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.