malas

/[ˈmalas]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,034

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

malas is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino plural de malo o de mal. Pronounced [ˈmalas]. It ranks #2,034 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with más and malo.

Key facts for malas
PropertyValue
Headwordmalas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈmalas]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,034
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of malas in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for malas is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmalas]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,034 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de malo o de mal.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for malas, with forms such as "amlas", "maals", and "malass". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "más", "malo", "mamá", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is malas, spelled M-A-L-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino plural de malo o de mal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amlas,maals,malass,malsa,mlaas,mmalas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for malas

Misspelling Variants of "malas"

amlas5maals5malass6malsa5mlaas5mmalas6
Misspelling Variants of "malas"

Frequency rank: #2,034 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malas"?
"malas" is spelled M-A-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmalas].
What does "malas" mean?
As an adj, "malas" means: Forma del femenino plural de malo o de mal.
What words are commonly confused with "malas"?
"malas" is commonly confused with "más", "malo", "mamá". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malas" is [ˈmalas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malas" come from?
"malas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.