Malthusian
/mælˈθjuːzɪən/
"malthusian" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Malthusian” is uncommon English (frequency #88,576 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,576
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, or relating to Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) or his views on human population and world resources.
Corpus desk
Index EN-malthusian · Malthusian · English
Malthusian · rank #88,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,576
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Malpas
Nearest frequency peer: Malpas (-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 “Malthusian”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- malachy
malachy
11,428 corpus weight
- Mallika
Mallika
11,427 corpus weight
- Malpas
Malpas
11,426 corpus weight
- Malthusian
Malthusian
11,425 corpus weight
- Manzano
Manzano
11,423 corpus weight
- Marah
Marah
11,422 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Malthusian” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malthusian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mælˈθjuːzɪən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Malthusian” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Malthusian is uncommon English at frequency #88,576 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mælˈθjuːzɪən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, or relating to Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) or his views on human population and world resources.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Malthusian in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Malthus + -ian. The correct English form is Malthusian, spelled M-A-L-T-H-U-S-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of, or relating to Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) or his views on human population and world resources.
Etymology
From Malthus + -ian.
This word in other languages
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.
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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.