mauvais
/mɔ.vɛ/
The verdict
“mauvais” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Malo, mal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mauvais · mauvais · Spanish
mauvais · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mauvais |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɔ.vɛ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mauvais” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mauvais is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mɔ.vɛ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Malo, mal.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mauvais in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is mauvais, spelled M-A-U-V-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Malo, mal.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.