mal des mâchoires
\mal.dɛ.ma.ʃwaʁ\
The verdict
“mal des mâchoires” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom donné au tétanos.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mal-des-machoires · mal des mâchoires · French
mal des mâchoires · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 des mâchoires |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mal.dɛ.ma.ʃwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mal des mâchoires » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mal des mâchoires is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mal.dɛ.ma.ʃwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom donné au tétanos.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mal des mâchoires, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mal des mâchoires, spelled M-A-L- -D-E-S- -M-Â-C-H-O-I-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom donné au tétanos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mal des mâchoires appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On sait que le tétanos ( mal des mâchoires ), passe pour être très fréquent chez les nouveau-nés de cette race.
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.