malaxer

\ma.la.kse\

/\ma.la.kse\/ verb

The verdict

“malaxer” is uncommon French (frequency #92,967 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,967
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pétrir une matière pour la rendre plus molle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malaxer · malaxer · French

malaxer · rank #92,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,967
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH malaisée

Nearest frequency peer: malaisée (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « malaxer »

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 « malaxer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malaxer
PropertyValue
Headwordmalaxer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ma.la.kse\
Letters7
Frequency rank#92,967
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « malaxer » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).malaxertombe 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: « malaisée » (#92,966), « malices » (#92,968), « maillets » (#92,965). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malaxer » est au #92,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malaxer is uncommon French at frequency #92,967 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ma.la.kse\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for malaxer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is malaxer, spelled M-A-L-A-X-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pétrir une matière pour la rendre plus molle.
  2. 2
    Presser du beurre pour en extraire le petit lait.
  3. 3
    Triturer, tripoter, manipuler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour la préparation proprement dite du « Bébélé », les tripes doivent être soigneusement lavées, nettoyées à grande eau, plusieurs fois et malaxées dans de la farine pour enlever toute trace de souillures.
  2. Il devait constater que ce régime de temporisation et que cette alerte de pensées toujours ramenées vers Dieu par des visites quotidiennes dans les églises, agissaient à la longue sur lui et lui malaxaient peu à peu l’âme.

This word in other languages

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 "malaxer"?
"malaxer" is spelled M-A-L-A-X-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.la.kse\.
What does "malaxer" mean?
As a verb, "malaxer" means: Pétrir une matière pour la rendre plus molle.
How do you pronounce "malaxer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malaxer" is \ma.la.kse\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malaxer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list