malicia

/[maˈlisja]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,418

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

malicia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Calidad de malo. Pronounced [maˈlisja]. Often confused with marica and Marcia.

Key facts for malicia
PropertyValue
Headwordmalicia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈlisja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,418
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for malicia is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈlisja]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,418 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for malicia, with forms such as "amlicia", "mailcia", and "malciia". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "marica", "Marcia", "milicia", 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 malicia, spelled M-A-L-I-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calidad de malo.
  2. 2
    Inclinación a lo malo y contrario a la virtud.
  3. 3
    Perversidad del que peca por malignidad.
  4. 4
    Cierta solapa y bellaquería con que se hace o dice una cosa, ocultando la intención con que se procede.
  5. 5
    Interpretación siniestra y maliciosa; propensión a pensar mal.
  6. 6
    Calidad que hace una cosa perjudicial y maligna.
  7. 7
    Penetración, sutileza, sagacidad.
  8. 8
    Licor o bebida alcohólica que se le agrega a otra bebida como el café o jugo de frutas.
  9. 9
    Sospecha o recelo.
  10. 10
    Palabra satírica; sentencia picante y ofensiva.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amlicia,mailcia,malciia,malicai,maliccia,maliica,malisia,mallicia,mlaicia,mmalicia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for malicia

Misspelling Variants of "malicia"

amlicia7mailcia7malciia7malicai7maliccia8maliica7malisia7mallicia8
Misspelling Variants of "malicia"

Frequency rank: #20,418 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malicia"?
"malicia" is spelled M-A-L-I-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈlisja].
What does "malicia" mean?
As a noun, "malicia" means: Calidad de malo.
What words are commonly confused with "malicia"?
"malicia" is commonly confused with "marica", "Marcia", "milicia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malicia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malicia" is [maˈlisja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malicia" come from?
"malicia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.