Malines
"malines" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Malines” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of Mechelen (city in Belgium)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malines |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Malines” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Malines is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of Mechelen (city in Belgium)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Malines, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Via French from Dutch/West Flemish Mechelen. The correct English form is Malines, spelled M-A-L-I-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Synonym of Mechelen (city in Belgium)
Etymology
Via French from Dutch/West Flemish Mechelen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Malines”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-L-I-N-E-S - 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.