Malacca
\ma.la.ka\
The verdict
“Malacca” is uncommon French (frequency #54,711 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,711
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et État de Malaisie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malacca · Malacca · French
Malacca · rank #54,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,711
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH maigreur
Nearest frequency peer: maigreur (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Malacca »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- magnon
magnon
45,293 corpus weight
- MAIF
MAIF
45,292 corpus weight
- maigreur
maigreur
45,291 corpus weight
- Malacca
Malacca
45,290 corpus weight
- Mandel
Mandel
45,289 corpus weight
- mangerez
mangerez
45,288 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Malacca » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malacca |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.la.ka\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Malacca » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Malacca is uncommon French at frequency #54,711 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.la.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Malacca has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Malacca, spelled M-A-L-A-C-C-A.
Definition
- 1Ville et État de Malaisie.
- 2Détroit entre l’Indonésie (Sumatra) et la côte Ouest de la péninsule malaise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Malacca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mr. Beauvisage a fait l’analyse d’une plante trouvée par Mr. Brau de Saint Pol Lias dans la presqu’île de Malacca et envoyée par lui au Muséum de Paris.
Il manque également une babiole à laquelle je suis attaché, une canne en jonc de Malacca avec mon chiffre gravé sur la virole.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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