Malory

name

The verdict

“Malory” is uncommon French (frequency #92,969 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,969
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom épicène.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malory · Malory · French

Malory · rank #92,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,969
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH malices

Nearest frequency peer: malices (-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 « Malory »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Malory » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Malory
PropertyValue
HeadwordMalory
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,969
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Malory » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Malorytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « malices » (#92,968), « mamas » (#92,970), « malaxer » (#92,967). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Malory » est au #92,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Malory is uncommon French at frequency #92,969 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom épicène.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Malory, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Malory, spelled M-A-L-O-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom épicène.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En sortant de l’école d’architecture de Strasbourg, Malory Chéry ne se voyait certainement pas devenir plus de vingt années plus tard sous-préfète de Lunéville.
  2. Le 4 décembre 2018, jour de Sainte-Barbe, Malory est de sortie avec son frère. Très jaloux, violent et consommateur d'alcool et de produits stupéfiants, le père de trois enfants rentre dans un triste état au domicile familial de Fontaine-L'Evêque.

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 "Malory"?
"Malory" is spelled M-A-L-O-R-Y.
What does "Malory" mean?
As a proper noun, "Malory" means: Prénom épicène.
What language does "Malory" come from?
"Malory" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list