Malmaison
/ˌmælmeɪˈzɒn/
"malmaison" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Malmaison” is uncommon English (frequency #97,266 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,266
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A rose cultivar with large, pale pink flowers that open flat.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malmaison |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmælmeɪˈzɒn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Malmaison” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Malmaison is uncommon English at frequency #97,266 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌmælmeɪˈzɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A rose cultivar with large, pale pink flowers that open flat.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Malmaison in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after the Château de Malmaison, where Joséphine de Beauharnais had created a magnificent rose garden. The correct English form is Malmaison, spelled M-A-L-M-A-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A rose cultivar with large, pale pink flowers that open flat.
Etymology
Named after the Château de Malmaison, where Joséphine de Beauharnais had created a magnificent rose garden.
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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Using “Malmaison”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-L-M-A-I-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.