malaxe

\ma.laks\

/\ma.laks\/ verb

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The verdict

“malaxe” is uncommon French (frequency #99,322 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,322
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de malaxer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malaxe · malaxe · French

malaxe · rank #99,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,322
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH malfaisantes

Nearest frequency peer: malfaisantes (+2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « malaxe »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « malaxe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malaxe
PropertyValue
Headwordmalaxe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ma.laks\
Letters6
Frequency rank#99,322
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « malaxe » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).malaxetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « malfaisantes » (#99,324), « Malicorne » (#99,325), « magrets » (#99,318). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malaxe » est au #99,322. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malaxe is uncommon French at frequency #99,322 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ma.laks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for malaxe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is malaxe, spelled M-A-L-A-X-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de malaxer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de malaxer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de malaxer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de malaxer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de malaxer.

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 "malaxe"?
"malaxe" is spelled M-A-L-A-X-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.laks\.
What does "malaxe" mean?
As a verb, "malaxe" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de malaxer.
How do you pronounce "malaxe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malaxe" is \ma.laks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malaxe" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mammon#99,326marita#99,334louder#99,305Maudet#99,341

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list