malandra
[maˈlãn̪d̪ɾa]
The verdict
“malandra” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,091 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,091
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de malandro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malandra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈlãn̪d̪ɾa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malandra” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
malandra is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,091 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈlãn̪d̪ɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de malandro.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for malandra in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is malandra, spelled M-A-L-A-N-D-R-A.
Definition
- 1Variante de malandro.
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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Using “malandra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-L-A-N-D-R-A - 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.