Malaquías
[malaˈkias]
The verdict
“Malaquías” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,402 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,402
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Trigésimo noveno libro de la Biblia y último libro del Antiguo Testamiento, compuesto de sólo cuatro capítulos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malaquías |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [malaˈkias] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Malaquías” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Malaquías is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,402 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [malaˈkias]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Malaquías, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Malaquías, spelled M-A-L-A-Q-U-Í-A-S.
Definition
- 1Trigésimo noveno libro de la Biblia y último libro del Antiguo Testamiento, compuesto de sólo cuatro capítulos.
- 2Último de los profetas menores del Antiguo Testamiento.
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); 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 “Malaquías”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-L-A-Q-U-Í-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [malaˈkias] (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
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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.