malayalam
[malaʝaˈlãm]
The verdict
“malayalam” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,403 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,403
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lengua dravídica hablada en el estado de Kerala, India.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malayalam |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [malaʝaˈlãm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malayalam” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
malayalam is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,403 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [malaʝaˈlãm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lengua dravídica hablada en el estado de Kerala, India.".
malayalam has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is malayalam, spelled M-A-L-A-Y-A-L-A-M.
Definition
- 1Lengua dravídica hablada en el estado de Kerala, India.
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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 “malayalam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-L-A-Y-A-L-A-M - 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.