malbec
/ˈmæl.bɛk/
"malbec" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“malbec” is uncommon English (frequency #69,223 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,223
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A variety of grape used in making red wine, originally from France, but now predominantly grown in Argentina.
Corpus desk
Index EN-malbec · malbec · English
malbec · rank #69,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,223
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH magnifier
Nearest frequency peer: magnifier (-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 “malbec”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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machinegun
30,781 corpus weight
- magnifier
magnifier
30,779 corpus weight
- malbec
malbec
30,778 corpus weight
- manilla
manilla
30,776 corpus weight
- manti
manti
30,775 corpus weight
- Marseillaise
Marseillaise
30,773 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “malbec” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malbec |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæl.bɛk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “malbec” in English
Rare enough to double-check
malbec is uncommon English at frequency #69,223 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmæl.bɛk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
malbec doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French malbec, said to be named after a Hungarian winemaker who brought it to France. The correct English form is malbec, spelled M-A-L-B-E-C.
Definition
- 1A variety of grape used in making red wine, originally from France, but now predominantly grown in Argentina.
- 2A red wine made chiefly from malbec grapes.
Etymology
Borrowed from French malbec, said to be named after a Hungarian winemaker who brought it to France.
This word in other languages
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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