# Malvern

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmɔːlvən/ · frequency rank #35,400

## Definitions
1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern.
2. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
3. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
4. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
5. A village in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.
6. A neighbourhood in north-east Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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## Etymology
From Old English Mælfern, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).

## Easily confused with
- **maven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malvern-vs-maven)
- **Malden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malden-vs-malvern)

## Common misspellings (11)
`amlvern`, `malevrn`, `mallvern`, `malvenr`, `malvernn`, `malverrn`, `malvren`, `malvvern`, `mavlern`, `mlavern`, `mmalvern`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/malvern