malicia

[maˈlisja]

/[maˈlisja]/ noun

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The verdict

“malicia” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,418
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calidad de malo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-malicia · malicia · Spanish

malicia · rank #20,418 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,418
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH malvada

Nearest frequency peer: malvada (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “malicia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “malicia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

malicia vs marica
71% similar
malicia vs Marcia
57% similar
malicia vs milicia
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “malicia”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.maliciacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “malvada” (#20,419), “lucen” (#20,416), “mamen” (#20,420). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “malicia” va en #20,418. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around malicia (IPA [maˈlisja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,418 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for malicia, with forms such as "amlicia", "mailcia", and "malciia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "marica", "Marcia", "milicia", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is malicia, spelled M-A-L-I-C-I-A.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how malicia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Le pregunté su composición y, sonriendo con malicia, me contestó: –Unas pocas hierbas que no conoces y mucha marihuana, molidas hasta hacerlas polvo y disueltas en vaselina caliente».
  2. «Hubo quienes con evidente malicia pensaron que el paso siguiente sería construir bases militares en nuestro satélite natural».

Synonyms

maldad

This word in other languages

malice(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlicia
  • mailcia
  • malciia
  • malicai
  • maliccia
  • maliica
  • malisia
  • mallicia
  • mlaicia
  • mmalicia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malicia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amlicia2mailcia2malciia2malicai2maliccia1maliica2malisia1mallicia1
Edit distance from "malicia"

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.

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?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "malicia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

malvada#20,419inverso#20,406morning#20,430paisano#20,449

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

neumonía10 variantsimaginen10 variantshackear10 variantsPolanco10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list