maliciously

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"maliciously" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“maliciously” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,976
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.

Corpus desk

Index EN-maliciously · maliciously · English

maliciously · rank #34,976 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,976
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Malayalam

Nearest frequency peer: Malayalam (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “maliciously”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “maliciously” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

maliciously vs malicious
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for maliciously
PropertyValue
Headwordmaliciously
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters11
Frequency rank#34,976
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “maliciously”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).maliciouslylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Malayalam” (#34,975), “manipulator” (#34,977), “Malaga” (#34,974). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “maliciously” is #34,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around maliciously, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #34,976 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for maliciously, with forms such as "amliciously", "mailciously", and "malciiously". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "malicious", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English maliciousli; equivalent to malicious + -ly. The correct English form is maliciously, spelled M-A-L-I-C-I-O-U-S-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how maliciously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Theer, govison, (blockhead) tak that," and Jack flings maliciously at him the wisp of rushes wherewith he has rubbed down his own bemudded person.
  2. All of these base qualities combined compose a maliciously beautyless whole not to be found in other countries, and prove conclusively the brutal power of great sums of money for the enforcement of vulgarity[…]

Etymology

From Middle English maliciousli; equivalent to malicious + -ly.

This word in other languages

maliciosamente(Español)malicieusement(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amliciously
  • mailciously
  • malciiously
  • malicciously
  • maliciosuly
  • malicioulsy
  • maliciouslly
  • maliciouslyy
  • malicioussly
  • maliciousyl
  • maliciuosly
  • malicoiusly
  • maliicously
  • malliciously
  • mlaiciously
  • mmaliciously

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maliciously - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amliciously2mailciously2malciiously2malicciously1maliciosuly2malicioulsy2maliciouslly1maliciouslyy1
Edit distance from "maliciously"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maliciously"?
"maliciously" is spelled M-A-L-I-C-I-O-U-S-L-Y.
What does "maliciously" mean?
As an adverb, "maliciously" means: In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.
What words are commonly confused with "maliciously"?
"maliciously" is commonly confused with "malicious". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "maliciously"?
From Middle English maliciousli; equivalent to malicious + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maliciously", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

manipulator#34,977interceptor#34,940Hellenistic#34,916retaliatory#35,045

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

Litchfield16 variantsimmeasurable16 variantsscavenging16 variantscarnivorous16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list