de malade
\də ma.lad\
The verdict
“de malade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incroyable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-malade · de malade · French
de malade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | de malade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \də ma.lad\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “de malade” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
de malade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \də ma.lad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Incroyable.".
No misspelling variants are generated for de malade in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is de malade, spelled D-E- -M-A-L-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Incroyable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de malade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Il ne t'es pas venu une seconde que si ce scénario de malade avait eu un atome de réalité, mon premier soin aurait été de te fourrer ton manuscrit sous le nez et de te demander des comptes ?
— Quel film de malade ! s'exclame Jack en s'installant à une table. Et cette poursuite de voitures ! C'était trop cool !
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