# malleable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/ · frequency rank #36,236

## Definitions
1. Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
2. Flexible, liable to change.
3. in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

## Etymology
From Middle French malléable, borrowed from Late Latin malleābilis, derived from Latin malleāre (“to hammer”), from malleus (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- (“crushing”), an extended variant of *melh₂- (“crush, grind”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`amlleable`, `maleable`, `malelable`, `mallaeble`, `malleabble`, `malleabel`, `malleablle`, `mallealbe`, `mallebale`, `malleible`, `mlaleable`, `mmalleable`

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