malou
\ˈma.lɔu̯\
The verdict
“malou” is uncommon French (frequency #57,406 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,406
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumental féminin singulier de malý.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈma.lɔu̯\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malou” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
malou is uncommon French at frequency #57,406 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈma.lɔu̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumental féminin singulier de malý.".
malou has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is malou, spelled M-A-L-O-U.
Definition
- 1Instrumental féminin singulier de malý.
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.
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Using “malou”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-L-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.