maladroite

\ma.la.dʁwat\

/\ma.la.dʁwat\/ noun

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The verdict

“maladroite” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,190. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,190
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui manque d’adresse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maladroite · maladroite · French

maladroite · rank #20,190 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,190
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH maladresse

Nearest frequency peer: maladresse (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « maladroite »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

maladroite vs maladroits
90% similar
maladroite vs maladroit
90% similar

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

Key facts for maladroite
PropertyValue
Headwordmaladroite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.la.dʁwat\
Letters10
Frequency rank#20,190
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maladroite »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).maladroitese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « maladresse » (#20,189), « manquement » (#20,191), « magnus » (#20,188). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maladroite » est au #20,190. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around maladroite (IPA \ma.la.dʁwat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,190 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personne qui manque d’adresse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for maladroite, with forms such as "amladroite", "maaldroite", and "maladdroite". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "maladroits", "maladroit", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maladroite, spelled M-A-L-A-D-R-O-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui manque d’adresse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Une maladroite, ronchonnait Henriette, elle ne sait rien faire de ses doigts, pas la peine d’avoir été élevée aux ursulines; la fille Sorgue, au moins, elle tient sur ses pieds !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amladroite
  • maaldroite
  • maladdroite
  • maladorite
  • maladriote
  • maladroiet
  • maladroitte
  • maladrotie
  • maladrroite
  • malardoite
  • maldaroite
  • malladroite
  • mlaadroite
  • mmaladroite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maladroite - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amladroite2maaldroite2maladdroite1maladorite2maladriote2maladroiet2maladroitte1maladrotie2
Edit distance from "maladroite"

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 "maladroite"?
"maladroite" is spelled M-A-L-A-D-R-O-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.la.dʁwat\.
What does "maladroite" mean?
As a noun, "maladroite" means: Personne qui manque d’adresse.
What words are commonly confused with "maladroite"?
"maladroite" is commonly confused with "maladroits", "maladroit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maladroite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maladroite" is \ma.la.dʁwat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maladroite" come from?
"maladroite" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maladresse#20,189manquement#20,191maghrébine#20,187modérateur#20,199

Similar misspelling depth

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

idéologies14 variantshabilement14 variantspassionnante14 variantsenterprise14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list