mal à l’aise
\ma.l‿a l‿ɛz\
The verdict
“mal à l’aise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incommodé ; gêné.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mal-a-l-aise · mal à l’aise · French
mal à l’aise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | mal à l’aise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ma.l‿a l‿ɛz\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mal à l’aise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.l‿a l‿ɛz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Incommodé ; gêné.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mal à l’aise, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mal à l’aise, spelled M-A-L- -À- -L-’-A-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Incommodé ; gêné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mal à l’aise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce matin-là, dans le petit jour d’un hiver pluvieux, cinglé d’une bise aigre, à Chartres, Durtal, frissonnant, mal à l’aise, quitta la terrasse, se réfugia dans des allées mieux abritées, […].
Des chut ! s’élevèrent aussitôt, mais les deux acrobates avaient compris l’allusion et ils se sentirent mal à l’aise.
This word in other languages
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.