maladresses

Name: maladresses, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ma.la.dʁɛs\

/\ma.la.dʁɛs\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“maladresses” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,855. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,855
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de maladresse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maladresses · maladresses · French

maladresses · rank #40,855 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #40,855
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH manichéisme

Nearest frequency peer: manichéisme (+1 rank slots)

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.

Madeline

59,150
madras

59,149
maladresses

59,146
manichéisme

59,145
mante

59,144
manuscrites

59,143

What this shows « maladresses » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

maladresses vs maladresse

91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for maladresses
Property	Value
Headword	maladresses
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ma.la.dʁɛs\
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#40,855
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maladresses »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.maladressesse place ici:

#40,855

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manichéisme » (#40,856), « mante » (#40,857), « madras » (#40,852). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maladresses » est au #40,855. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around maladresses (IPA \ma.la.dʁɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,855 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de maladresse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for maladresses, with forms such as "amladresses", "maaldresses", and "maladdresses". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "maladresse", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is maladresses, spelled M-A-L-A-D-R-E-S-S-E-S.

Definition

1
Pluriel de maladresse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how maladresses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Comme lors de la saison 1, Starstruck explore les maladresses et l’incertitude liées à une relation débutante avec sensibilité, et notre capacité à s’autosaboter, surtout quand un ex — toxique — réapparaît.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amladresses
maaldresses
maladdresses
maladersses
maladresess
maladressess
maladressse
maladrresses
maladrseses
malardesses
maldaresses
malladresses
mlaadresses
mmaladresses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maladresses - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "maladresses"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maladresses"?

"maladresses" is spelled M-A-L-A-D-R-E-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.la.dʁɛs\.

What does "maladresses" mean?

As a noun, "maladresses" means: Pluriel de maladresse.

What words are commonly confused with "maladresses"?

"maladresses" is commonly confused with "maladresse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "maladresses"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maladresses" is \ma.la.dʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "maladresses" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maladresses", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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