malloc
noun, verb
malloc is spelled M-A-L-L-O-C: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, malloc means “A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of malloc is mallocs.
How many letters and syllables are in malloc?
| Letters | 6: M-A-L-L-O-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st 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 malloc?
Malloc appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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).
Forms of malloc
- mallocs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- mallocing participle, present
- malloced participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does malloc mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.
verb
- 1
To allocate memory using the C programming language malloc subroutine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does malloc come from?
Blend of map + allocate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).