malunion
noun
malunion is spelled M-A-L-U-N-I-O-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, malunion means “Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of malunion is malunions.
How many letters and syllables are in malunion?
| Letters | 8: M-A-L-U-N-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th 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 malunion?
Malunion appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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 malunion
- malunions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does malunion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).
Near-synonym: misunion (sometimes synonymous)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does malunion come from?
From mal- + union.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).