Malpas

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"malpas" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Malpas” is uncommon English (frequency #88,575 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,575
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).

Corpus desk

Index EN-malpas · Malpas · English

Malpas · rank #88,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,575
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 36,575
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mallika

Nearest frequency peer: Mallika (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Malpas”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Malpas” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Malpas
PropertyValue
HeadwordMalpas
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,575
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Malpas” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Malpas lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Malpas is uncommon English at frequency #88,575 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Malpas, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French mal (“bad”) + pas (“passage”), because of the difficulty of the terrain. The correct English form is Malpas, spelled M-A-L-P-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).
  2. 2
    A village on the Truro River in St Clement parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8442).
  3. 3
    A suburb and community in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3090).
  4. 4
    A commune in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
  5. 5
    A habitational surname from Old French.

Etymology

From Old French mal (“bad”) + pas (“passage”), because of the difficulty of the terrain.

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Malpas"?
"Malpas" is spelled M-A-L-P-A-S.
What does "Malpas" mean?
As a proper noun, "Malpas" means: A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).
What is the origin of the word "Malpas"?
From Old French mal (“bad”) + pas (“passage”), because of the difficulty of the terrain. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Malpas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Majuro#88,571Maries#88,583McGahn#88,595Memnon#88,599
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list