malum
/ˈmæ.ləm/
"malum" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“malum” is uncommon English (frequency #89,593 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,593
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An evil or wrongdoing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæ.ləm/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malum” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
malum is uncommon English at frequency #89,593 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmæ.ləm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An evil or wrongdoing.".
Zero misspellings are on record for malum in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin malum. The correct English form is malum, spelled M-A-L-U-M.
Definition
- 1An evil or wrongdoing.
Etymology
From Latin malum.
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 “malum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-L-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.