malos

/[ˈmalos]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,121

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

malos is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del masculino plural de malo o mal. Pronounced [ˈmalos]. It ranks #2,121 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with más and mano.

Key facts for malos
PropertyValue
Headwordmalos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈmalos]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,121
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for malos is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmalos]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,121 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del masculino plural de malo o mal.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for malos, with forms such as "amlos", "mallos", and "maloss". 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", "mano", "mayo", 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 malos, spelled M-A-L-O-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 masculino plural de malo o mal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amlos,mallos,maloss,malso,maols,mlaos,mmalos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for malos

Misspelling Variants of "malos"

amlos5mallos6maloss6malso5maols5mlaos5mmalos6
Misspelling Variants of "malos"

Frequency rank: #2,121 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malos"?
"malos" is spelled M-A-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmalos].
What does "malos" mean?
As an adj, "malos" means: Forma del masculino plural de malo o mal.
What words are commonly confused with "malos"?
"malos" is commonly confused with "más", "mano", "mayo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malos" is [ˈmalos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malos" come from?
"malos" 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.