mahal

noun

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The verdict

“mahal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,883. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,883
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palais du Grand Mogol.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mahal · mahal · French

mahal · rank #41,883 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,883
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mado

Nearest frequency peer: Mado (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mahal »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mahal » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

mahal vs mal
60% similar
mahal vs mail
60% similar
mahal vs maya
60% similar

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

Key facts for mahal
PropertyValue
Headwordmahal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,883
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mahal »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mahalse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Mado » (#41,882), « makes » (#41,884), « lâchant » (#41,881). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mahal » est au #41,883. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mahal, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,883 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Palais du Grand Mogol.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mahal, with forms such as "amhal", "maahl", and "mahall". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mal", "mail", "maya", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mahal, spelled M-A-H-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Palais du Grand Mogol.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. MAHAL, ou MAHL, (Histoire mod.) c’est ainsi qu’on nomme le palais du grand mogol, où ce prince a ses appartemens & ceux de ses femmes & concubines. L’entrée de ce lieu est interdite même aux ministres de l’empire. Le medecin Bernier y est entré plusieurs fois pour voir une sultane malade, mais il avoit la tête couverte d’un voile, & il étoit conduit par d…

This word in other languages

mahal(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amhal
  • maahl
  • mahall
  • mahhal
  • mahla
  • mhaal
  • mmahal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amhal2maahl2mahall1mahhal1mahla2mhaal2mmahal1
Edit distance from "mahal"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mahal"?
"mahal" is spelled M-A-H-A-L.
What does "mahal" mean?
As a noun, "mahal" means: Palais du Grand Mogol.
What words are commonly confused with "mahal"?
"mahal" is commonly confused with "mal", "mail", "maya". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mahal" come from?
"mahal" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

makes#41,884lunel#41,878margo#41,889loris#41,874

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

lorde7 variantslebon7 variantsmobil7 variantslavis7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list