Malone
/məˈloʊn/
"malone" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Malone” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #13,754 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #13,754
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /məˈloʊn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Malone” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Malone is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /məˈloʊn/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,754 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Malone, with forms such as "amlone", "mallone", and "malnoe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mane", "mason", "melon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Ó Maol Eoin. The correct English form is Malone, spelled M-A-L-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
- 2A number of places in the United States:
- 3A number of places in the United States:
- 4A number of places in the United States:
- 5A number of places in the United States:
- 6A number of places in the United States:
- 7A number of places in the United States:
- 8A number of places in the United States:
- 9A number of places in the United States:
- 10A number of places in the United States:
- 11A southern suburb of Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Etymology
From Irish Ó Maol Eoin.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amlone,mallone,malnoe,maloen,malonne,maolne,mlaone,mmalone
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Malone - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Malone”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-L-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /məˈloʊn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mane” - see the side-by-side comparison. Malone vs mane
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.