malgache

\mal.ɡaʃ\

/\mal.ɡaʃ\/ adj

The verdict

“malgache” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,432
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-malgache · malgache · French

malgache · rank #15,432 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,432
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH malik

Nearest frequency peer: malik (+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 « malgache »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « malgache » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

malgache vs Malgaches
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for malgache
PropertyValue
Headwordmalgache
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mal.ɡaʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,432
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « malgache »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).malgachese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « malik » (#15,433), « lost » (#15,430), « maquette » (#15,434). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malgache » est au #15,432. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around malgache (IPA \mal.ɡaʃ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,432 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif à Madagascar, aux Malgaches.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for malgache, with forms such as "amlgache", "maglache", and "malagche". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Malgaches", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is malgache, spelled M-A-L-G-A-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à Madagascar, aux Malgaches.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les cieux malgaches sont fréquentés par près de 294 espèces d’oiseaux, dont 107 sont endémiques.
  2. Ainsi la géologie ancienne voudrait que l’on fît un groupe indo-malgache et un groupe africano-brésilien.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlgache
  • maglache
  • malagche
  • malgacche
  • malgaceh
  • malgachhe
  • malgahce
  • malgcahe
  • malggache
  • mallgache
  • mlagache
  • mmalgache

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amlgache2maglache2malagche2malgacche1malgaceh2malgachhe1malgahce2malgcahe2
Edit distance from "malgache"

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 "malgache"?
"malgache" is spelled M-A-L-G-A-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mal.ɡaʃ\.
What does "malgache" mean?
As an adjective, "malgache" means: Relatif à Madagascar, aux Malgaches.
What words are commonly confused with "malgache"?
"malgache" is commonly confused with "Malgaches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malgache"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malgache" is \mal.ɡaʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malgache" come from?
"malgache" 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 "malgache", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list