mal tourner
\mal tuʁ.ne\
The verdict
“mal tourner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Changer défavorablement, contrairement à ce qui était attendu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mal-tourner · mal tourner · French
mal tourner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 tourner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mal tuʁ.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mal tourner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mal tourner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mal tuʁ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Changer défavorablement, contrairement à ce qui était attendu.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mal tourner in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mal tourner, spelled M-A-L- -T-O-U-R-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Changer défavorablement, contrairement à ce qui était attendu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mal tourner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les mendiants, les sans-pain, les va-nu-pieds filoutent aisément, et vos frères tourneront mal…
— C’est bon ! Mais faudra pas venir pleurer, après, si vos gosses tournent mal.
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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.