maleficiary
"maleficiary" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maleficiary” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who suffers harm from something.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maleficiary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maleficiary” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maleficiary is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who suffers harm from something.".
maleficiary has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is maleficiary, spelled M-A-L-E-F-I-C-I-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1One who suffers harm from something.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “maleficiary”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-L-E-F-I-C-I-A-R-Y - 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.