Malakoff

\ma.la.kɔf\

/\ma.la.kɔf\/ name

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The verdict

“Malakoff” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,137
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom d'une tour située à Sébastopol, prise par l’armée française en 1855.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malakoff · Malakoff · French

Malakoff · rank #35,137 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,137
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH lâchera

Nearest frequency peer: lâchera (-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 « Malakoff »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Malakoff » 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 Malakoff
PropertyValue
HeadwordMalakoff
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ma.la.kɔf\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,137
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Malakoff »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Malakoffse 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 « lâchera » (#35,136), « mall » (#35,138), « lycéennes » (#35,135). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Malakoff » est au #35,137. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Malakoff (IPA \ma.la.kɔf\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,137 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 Malakoff, with forms such as "amlakoff", "maalkoff", and "malakfof". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Malakoff, spelled M-A-L-A-K-O-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom d'une tour située à Sébastopol, prise par l’armée française en 1855.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département des Hauts-de-Seine.
  3. 3
    Quartier de Nantes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il revoyait la mort solennelle du père Larache sous les zouaves de Malakoff, son habit noir, ses souliers brillants, sa tête pâle, et cette mouche qui s’était posée sur son nez comme une insulte, sans qu’il pût, pour la première fois, lui décocher ce coup de torchon décisif qui eût assommé un lapin.
  2. « Si vous souhaitez vous poser des strass dentaires, je conseille vivement de passer par des professionnels pour vous assurer que les produits utilisés sont réglementés en Europe », confie Nour, orthodontiste à Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine), qui souhaite que chacune et chacun reste, face à cette mode, pru… dent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlakoff
  • maalkoff
  • malakfof
  • malakkoff
  • malakof
  • malaokff
  • malkaoff
  • mallakoff
  • mlaakoff
  • mmalakoff

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amlakoff2maalkoff2malakfof2malakkoff1malakof1malaokff2malkaoff2mallakoff1
Edit distance from "Malakoff"

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 "Malakoff"?
"Malakoff" is spelled M-A-L-A-K-O-F-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.la.kɔf\.
What does "Malakoff" mean?
As a proper noun, "Malakoff" means: Nom d'une tour située à Sébastopol, prise par l’armée française en 1855.
What are common misspellings of "Malakoff"?
Common misspellings include "amlakoff", "maalkoff", "malakfof", "malakkoff", "malakof". The correct spelling is "Malakoff".
How do you pronounce "Malakoff"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Malakoff" is \ma.la.kɔf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Malakoff" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

manchots#35,140locution#35,131Marivaux#35,145laiterie#35,118

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