mal humor
[ˈmal uˈmoɾ]
The verdict
“mal humor” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Actitud de enfado o irritación.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mal humor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈmal uˈmoɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mal humor” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mal humor is 9 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmal uˈmoɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mal humor, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is mal humor, spelled M-A-L- -H-U-M-O-R.
Definition
- 1Actitud de enfado o irritación.
- 2Trato tosco o arisco con las personas.
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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 “mal humor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-L- -H-U-M-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmal uˈmoɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.