Maldives

/\mal.div\/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,384

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Maldives is aFrenchname. It means: Archipel situé à environ 450 km au sud du Deccan. Pronounced \mal.div\. Often confused with malines and massives.

Key facts for Maldives
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaldives
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\mal.div\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,384
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Maldives in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Maldives is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mal.div\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,384 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maldives, with forms such as "amldives", "madlives", and "malddives". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "malines", "massives", "maudites", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Maldives, spelled M-A-L-D-I-V-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Archipel situé à environ 450 km au sud du Deccan.
  2. 2
    Pays insulaire de la mer des Laquedives (océan Indien) occupant cet archipel et ayant pour capitale Malé.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amldives,madlives,malddives,maldievs,maldivess,maldivse,maldivves,maldvies,malidves,malldives,mladives,mmaldives

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Maldives

Misspelling Variants of "Maldives"

amldives8madlives8malddives9maldievs8maldivess9maldivse8maldivves9maldvies8
Misspelling Variants of "Maldives"

Frequency rank: #21,384 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Maldives"?
"Maldives" is spelled M-A-L-D-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mal.div\.
What does "Maldives" mean?
As a name, "Maldives" means: Archipel situé à environ 450 km au sud du Deccan.
What words are commonly confused with "Maldives"?
"Maldives" is commonly confused with "malines", "massives", "maudites". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Maldives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Maldives" is \mal.div\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Maldives" come from?
"Maldives" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.