malformed
/ˌmælˈfɔːmd/
"malformed" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“malformed” is uncommon English (frequency #59,522 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,522
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not formed correctly; misshapen; deformed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-malformed · malformed · English
malformed · rank #59,522 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,522
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Maiduguri
Nearest frequency peer: Maiduguri (-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 “malformed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mache
mache
40,483 corpus weight
- Madan
Madan
40,482 corpus weight
- Maiduguri
Maiduguri
40,480 corpus weight
- malformed
malformed
40,479 corpus weight
- Manama
Manama
40,477 corpus weight
- Maplewood
Maplewood
40,474 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “malformed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malformed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌmælˈfɔːmd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “malformed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
malformed is uncommon English at frequency #59,522 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌmælˈfɔːmd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not formed correctly; misshapen; deformed.".
No misspelling variants are generated for malformed in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mal- + formed. The correct English form is malformed, spelled M-A-L-F-O-R-M-E-D.
Definition
- 1Not formed correctly; misshapen; deformed.
Etymology
From mal- + formed.
Synonyms
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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