Malema
"malema" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Malema” is uncommon English (frequency #67,619 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,619
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-malema · Malema · English
Malema · rank #67,619 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,619
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH manufactory
Nearest frequency peer: manufactory (+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 “Malema”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- magnetometer
magnetometer
32,387 corpus weight
- Magnitsky
Magnitsky
32,386 corpus weight
- mahalo
mahalo
32,385 corpus weight
- Malema
Malema
32,382 corpus weight
- manufactory
manufactory
32,380 corpus weight
- marimba
marimba
32,377 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Malema” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malema |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Malema” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Malema is uncommon English at frequency #67,619 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Malema in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Malema, spelled M-A-L-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Malema appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Malema has said he would give the EFF vote to the ANC on the condition that his deputy, Floyd Shivambu, becomes Minister of Finance in an effort to control fiscal policy.
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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