mal embouché
\ma.l‿ɑ̃.bu.ʃe\
The verdict
“mal embouché” 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) - Qui a l’habitude de parler impertinemment, de dire des injures ou des paroles indécentes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mal-embouche · mal embouché · French
mal embouché · 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 embouché |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ma.l‿ɑ̃.bu.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mal embouché » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mal embouché is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.l‿ɑ̃.bu.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a l’habitude de parler impertinemment, de dire des injures ou des paroles indécentes.".
mal embouché doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 mal embouché, spelled M-A-L- -E-M-B-O-U-C-H-É.
Definition
- 1Qui a l’habitude de parler impertinemment, de dire des injures ou des paroles indécentes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mal embouché appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Car quand Mousse avait bu un verre de trop, il sortait aussitôt de son naturel paisible et conciliant et devenait agaçant, « rogneur », plus mal embouché qu'un toucheur de bestiaux ….
Trompettes de la renommée Vous êtes bien mal embouchées.
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.