# mall

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɔːl/ · frequency rank #4,394

## Definitions
1. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
2. An enclosed shopping centre.
3. An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
4. A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
5. A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
6. The game of polo.
7. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.

## Etymology
Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.

## Easily confused with
- **ML** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-ml)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-may)
- **man** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-man)
- **map** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-map)
- **max** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-max)
- **mar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mar)
- **MLB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mlb)
- **mat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mat)
- **mel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mel)
- **mil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mil)
- **mao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mao)
- **MLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mla)
- **mam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mam)
- **mol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mol)
- **MLM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mlm)
- **Mau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mau)
- **maw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-maw)
- **MLK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mlk)
- **MCL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mcl)
- **MLG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mall-vs-mlg)

## Common misspellings (3)
`amll`, `mlal`, `mmall`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mall