malabar

\ma.la.baʁ\

/\ma.la.baʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“malabar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,363. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,363
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à Malabar.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malabar · malabar · French

malabar · rank #40,363 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,363
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH maliennes

Nearest frequency peer: maliennes (+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 « malabar »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « malabar » 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
Key facts for malabar
PropertyValue
Headwordmalabar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.la.baʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,363
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « malabar »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.malabarse 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 « maliennes » (#40,364), « Lybie » (#40,361), « mamies » (#40,365). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malabar » est au #40,363. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around malabar (IPA \ma.la.baʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,363 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for malabar, with forms such as "amlabar", "maalbar", and "malaabr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is malabar, spelled M-A-L-A-B-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à Malabar.
  2. 2
    Relatif aux chrétiens de rite oriental, de l'État de Kerala en Inde méridionale.
  3. 3
    Fort, costaud.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il accorde des privilèges commerciaux aux Portugais, dont les caravelles abordent les ports de la côte malabare.
  2. Église catholique syro-malabare.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlabar
  • maalbar
  • malaabr
  • malabarr
  • malabbar
  • malabra
  • malbaar
  • mallabar
  • mlaabar
  • mmalabar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malabar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amlabar2maalbar2malaabr2malabarr1malabbar1malabra2malbaar2mallabar1
Edit distance from "malabar"

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 "malabar"?
"malabar" is spelled M-A-L-A-B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.la.baʁ\.
What does "malabar" mean?
As an adjective, "malabar" means: Relatif à Malabar.
What are common misspellings of "malabar"?
Common misspellings include "amlabar", "maalbar", "malaabr", "malabarr", "malabbar". The correct spelling is "malabar".
How do you pronounce "malabar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malabar" is \ma.la.baʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malabar" come from?
"malabar" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list