mallard
mal·lard/ˈmælɚd/noun
mallard is spelled M-A-L-L-A-R-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables (mal·lard). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mallard means “Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mallard is mallards.
How many letters and syllables are in mallard?
| Letters | 7: M-A-L-L-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mal·lard |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th 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 mallard?
Mallard appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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 mallard?
- UK /ˈmælˌɑːd/
- UK [ˈmælˌɑːd]
- US /ˈmælɚd/
Mallard has 2 syllables, split mal·lard in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mallard.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mallard
- mallards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mallard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
- 2
The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mallard in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | colvert, canard colvert, canard sauvage |
| German | Stockente |
| Portuguese | pato-real |
| Spanish | pato real, ánade real, azulón |
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 mallard come from?
From Middle English malard, mawlard, from Old French malard, malart, mallart (“male wild duck”), from Old French male, masle (“male”) + -ard, -art. Cognate with Medieval Latin maslardus, mallardus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).