malling
"malling" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“malling” is uncommon English (frequency #89,591 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,591
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the transformation of a district by building shopping malls
Corpus desk
Index EN-malling · malling · English
malling · rank #89,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,591
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Malka
Nearest frequency peer: Malka (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “malling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- malcontent
malcontent
10,412 corpus weight
- Malka
Malka
10,411 corpus weight
- malling
malling
10,410 corpus weight
- maltose
maltose
10,409 corpus weight
- malum
malum
10,408 corpus weight
- Manado
Manado
10,407 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “malling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “malling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
malling is uncommon English at frequency #89,591 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for malling, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mall + -ing. The correct English form is malling, spelled M-A-L-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1the transformation of a district by building shopping malls
- 2shopping or window-shopping in a shopping mall
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how malling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The malling of Siberia is transforming the drab gray landscape on the outskirts of these cities into a tableau of Day-Glo green and purple outlets, and providing a slim ray of hope to retailers whose business is lagging elsewhere.
Etymology
From mall + -ing.
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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