malvavisco
[malβ̞aˈβ̞isko]
The verdict
“malvavisco” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,093 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,093
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Althaea officinalis) Planta malvácea perenne con altura aproximada de un metro, hojas dentadas ovaladas y con vellos, flores blancas con visos rojizos y fruto similar al de la malva. Es perenne, a...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malvavisco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [malβ̞aˈβ̞isko] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,093 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malvavisco” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
malvavisco is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,093 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [malβ̞aˈβ̞isko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
malvavisco doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is malvavisco, spelled M-A-L-V-A-V-I-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1(Althaea officinalis) Planta malvácea perenne con altura aproximada de un metro, hojas dentadas ovaladas y con vellos, flores blancas con visos rojizos y fruto similar al de la malva. Es perenne, abundante en zonas húmedas y la raíz se emplea para ablandar tumores (emoliente).
- 2Dulce esponjoso que se prepara con huevos batidos, azúcar fundida u otro endulzante, y gelatina.
This word in other languages
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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- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-L-V-A-V-I-S-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.