malignancy
ma·lig·nan·cy/məˈlɪɡ.nən.si/noun
malignancy is spelled M-A-L-I-G-N-A-N-C-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables (ma·lig·nan·cy). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, malignancy means “The state of being malignant or diseased” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of malignancy is malignancies.
How many letters and syllables are in malignancy?
| Letters | 10: M-A-L-I-G-N-A-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ma·lig·nan·cy |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is malignancy?
Malignancy appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce malignancy?
- /məˈlɪɡ.nən.si/
Malignancy has 4 syllables, split ma·lig·nan·cy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-malignancy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of malignancy
- malignancies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does malignancy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being malignant or diseased.
- 2
A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign.
- 3
That which is malign; evil, depravity, malevolence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Malignancy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being malignant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | malignité |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does malignancy come from?
From malignant + -cy or malign + -ancy or Latin malignantia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).