malappris
\ma.la.pʁi\
The verdict
“malappris” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est mal élevé, qui manque d’éducation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malappris · malappris · French
malappris · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | malappris |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ma.la.pʁi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
malappris is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.la.pʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est mal élevé, qui manque d’éducation.".
Zero misspellings are on record for malappris in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is malappris, spelled M-A-L-A-P-P-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1Qui est mal élevé, qui manque d’éducation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how malappris appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un enfant malappris.
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.