maladroitement

\ma.la.dʁwat.mɑ̃\

/\ma.la.dʁwat.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“maladroitement” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,242. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,242
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière maladroite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maladroitement · maladroitement · French

maladroitement · rank #28,242 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,242
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH légumineuses

Nearest frequency peer: légumineuses (-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 « maladroitement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « maladroitement » 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
Key facts for maladroitement
PropertyValue
Headwordmaladroitement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ma.la.dʁwat.mɑ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#28,242
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maladroitement »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « légumineuses » (#28,241), « Malek » (#28,243), « loser » (#28,240). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maladroitement » est au #28,242. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around maladroitement (IPA \ma.la.dʁwat.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #28,242 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "D’une manière maladroite.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for maladroitement, with forms such as "amladroitement", "maaldroitement", and "maladdroitement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 maladroitement, spelled M-A-L-A-D-R-O-I-T-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière maladroite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Souriante, avec, cependant, une ombre de mélancolie dans le regard, Yasmina écoutait Jacques lui chanter, maladroitement encore, toute sa passion qu’il n'essayait même plus d’enchaîner.
  2. On jouait aux cartes à une table, un groupe lançait des fléchettes sur une cible peinte représentant des bâtiments silhouettés maladroitement, une usine, ou peut-être une centrale nucléaire.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amladroitement
  • maaldroitement
  • maladdroitement
  • maladoritement
  • maladriotement
  • maladroietment
  • maladroiteemnt
  • maladroitemennt
  • maladroitementt
  • maladroitemetn
  • maladroitemment
  • maladroitemnet
  • maladroitmeent
  • maladroittement
  • maladrotiement
  • maladrroitement
  • malardoitement
  • maldaroitement
  • malladroitement
  • mlaadroitement
  • mmaladroitement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maladroitement - 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.

amladroitement2maaldroitement2maladdroitement1maladoritement2maladriotement2maladroietment2maladroiteemnt2maladroitemennt1
Edit distance from "maladroitement"

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 "maladroitement"?
"maladroitement" is spelled M-A-L-A-D-R-O-I-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.la.dʁwat.mɑ̃\.
What does "maladroitement" mean?
As an adverb, "maladroitement" means: D’une manière maladroite.
What are common misspellings of "maladroitement"?
Common misspellings include "amladroitement", "maaldroitement", "maladdroitement", "maladoritement", "maladriotement". The correct spelling is "maladroitement".
How do you pronounce "maladroitement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maladroitement" is \ma.la.dʁwat.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maladroitement" come from?
"maladroitement" 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 "maladroitement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list