maligna

/[maˈliɣ̞na]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,728

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

maligna is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino de maligno. Pronounced [maˈliɣ̞na]. Often confused with marina and Molina.

Key facts for maligna
PropertyValue
Headwordmaligna
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[maˈliɣ̞na]
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,728
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for maligna is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈliɣ̞na]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,728 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de maligno.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for maligna, with forms such as "amligna", "mailgna", and "malgina". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "marina", "Molina", "Melina", 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 maligna, spelled M-A-L-I-G-N-A, 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 de maligno.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amligna,mailgna,malgina,maligan,maliggna,malignna,malinga,malligna,mlaigna,mmaligna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for maligna

Misspelling Variants of "maligna"

amligna7mailgna7malgina7maligan7maliggna8malignna8malinga7malligna8
Misspelling Variants of "maligna"

Frequency rank: #29,728 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maligna"?
"maligna" is spelled M-A-L-I-G-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈliɣ̞na].
What does "maligna" mean?
As an adj, "maligna" means: Forma del femenino de maligno.
What words are commonly confused with "maligna"?
"maligna" is commonly confused with "marina", "Molina", "Melina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maligna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maligna" is [maˈliɣ̞na]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maligna" come from?
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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.