malpais
noun
malpais is spelled M-A-L-P-A-I-S: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, malpais means “Land akin to badlands, but having volcaniclastic rather than sedimentary rocks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of malpais is malpaises or malpaíses.
How many letters and syllables are in malpais?
| Letters | 7: M-A-L-P-A-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th 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 malpais?
Malpais appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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 malpais
- malpaises plural
- malpaís
- malpaíses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does malpais mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Land akin to badlands, but having volcaniclastic rather than sedimentary rocks.
- 2
Land having an underlayer of basaltic lava and little or no soil.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of malpais.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does malpais come from?
From Spanish malpaís, from mal (“bad”) + país (“land”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).