# Malmö

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmɑːlmɜː/ · frequency rank #43,772

## Definitions
1. A city in Scania, Sweden; the third-largest city in the country, located on the south-west coast.

## Etymology
From Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.

## Easily confused with
- **mao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mao)
- **mam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mam)
- **MLM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mlm)
- **MMO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mmo)
- **mama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mama)
- **memo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-memo)
- **mayo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mayo)
- **milo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-milo)
- **malt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-malt)
- **melo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-melo)
- **momo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-momo)
- **mano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mano)
- **mami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mami)
- **malo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-malo)
- **Mario** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mario)
- **Marco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-marco)
- **mango** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mango)
- **Malta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-malta)
- **mamma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mamma)
- **Mateo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malmo-vs-mateo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`amlmö`, `mallmö`, `malmmö`, `malöm`, `mamlö`, `mlamö`, `mmalmö`

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