malayalam
\ma.la.ja.lam\
The verdict
“malayalam” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue dravidienne du sud de l’Inde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malayalam · malayalam · French
malayalam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malayalam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.la.ja.lam\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « malayalam » en français
Rare enough to double-check
malayalam is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.la.ja.lam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for malayalam in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is malayalam, spelled M-A-L-A-Y-A-L-A-M.
Definition
- 1Langue dravidienne du sud de l’Inde.
- 2Écriture utilisée pour cette langue.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.