marsh mallow
"marsh-mallow" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marsh mallow” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis, historically used medicinally and the source of what became the modern marshmallow confection (which no longer contains the pl...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marsh mallow |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marsh mallow” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
marsh mallow is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for marsh mallow in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From marsh + mallow. The correct English form is marsh mallow, spelled M-A-R-S-H- -M-A-L-L-O-W.
Definition
- 1A European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis, historically used medicinally and the source of what became the modern marshmallow confection (which no longer contains the plant).
- 2Hibiscus moscheutos (crimsoneyed rosemallow, swamp rosemallow. eastern rosemallow)
- 3Malva sylvestris (common mallow)
Etymology
From marsh + mallow.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “marsh mallow”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-R-S-H- -M-A-L-L-O-W - 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.