mal de gorge
\mal də ɡɔʁʒ\
The verdict
“mal de gorge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Inflammation du pharynx qui cause une douleur interne à la gorge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mal-de-gorge · mal de gorge · French
mal de gorge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | mal de gorge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mal də ɡɔʁʒ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mal de gorge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mal də ɡɔʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation du pharynx qui cause une douleur interne à la gorge.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mal de gorge in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mal de gorge, spelled M-A-L- -D-E- -G-O-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Inflammation du pharynx qui cause une douleur interne à la gorge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mal de gorge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ça a commencé par un mal de gorge, puis j’ai eu de la toux et de la fièvre.
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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.