maladroite
\ma.la.dʁwat\
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
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui manque d’adresse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maladroite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.la.dʁwat\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #20,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maladroite” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around maladroite (IPA \ma.la.dʁwat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,190 among 202,672 “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
- 1Personne qui manque d’adresse.
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.
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.
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Using “maladroite”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-L-A-D-R-O-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.la.dʁwat\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “maladroits” - see the side-by-side comparison. maladroite vs maladroits
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.