malaca
[maˈlaka]
The verdict
“malaca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,331 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,331
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Peinado de trenzas que se juntan delante, arriba en la frente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-malaca · malaca · Spanish
malaca · rank #79,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,331
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH Malcorra
Nearest frequency peer: Malcorra (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “malaca”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- madroño
madroño
20,675 corpus weight
- mafiosas
mafiosas
20,674 corpus weight
- malaca
malaca
20,670 corpus weight
- Malcorra
Malcorra
20,669 corpus weight
- mamelucos
mamelucos
20,666 corpus weight
- mancuerna
mancuerna
20,664 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “malaca” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malaca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈlaka] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malaca” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
malaca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,331 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈlaka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peinado de trenzas que se juntan delante, arriba en la frente.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for malaca, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is malaca, spelled M-A-L-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1Peinado de trenzas que se juntan delante, arriba en la frente.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.