mallow

Other forms of mallow

plural

mallows·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mallow

What does mallow mean?

mallow means "any of various plants of the family Malvaceae".

How many syllables are in mallow?

mallow has 2 syllables: mal-low. The stress falls on "mal". In IPA it is /ˈmæloʊ/.

Is mallow a common word?

mallow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.