malina

noun

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The verdict

“malina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,689 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,689
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,261
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - águas vivas das marés

Key facts for malina
PropertyValue
Headwordmalina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,689
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “malina” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). malina lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,689 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for malina, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is malina, spelled M-A-L-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    águas vivas das marés
  2. 2
    febre de mau caráter
  3. 3
    mau cheiro

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malina"?
"malina" is spelled M-A-L-I-N-A.
What does "malina" mean?
As a noun, "malina" means: águas vivas das marés
What language does "malina" come from?
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Using “malina”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-A-L-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list