Malika
"malika" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Malika” is uncommon English (frequency #76,093 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,093
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Arabic, the female version of the title Malik ("King" in Arabic).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malika |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,093 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Malika” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Malika is uncommon English at frequency #76,093 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Arabic, the female version of the title Malik ("King" in Arabic).".
No misspelling variants are generated for Malika in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic مَلِكَة (malika, “queen”). The correct English form is Malika, spelled M-A-L-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Arabic, the female version of the title Malik ("King" in Arabic).
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَلِكَة (malika, “queen”).
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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Using “Malika”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-L-I-K-A - 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.