malbouffe

\mal.buf\

/\mal.buf\/ noun

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The verdict

“malbouffe” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,481. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,481
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alimentation qui est spécialement mauvaise pour la santé, comportant une forte teneur en graisses ou en sucres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malbouffe · malbouffe · French

malbouffe · rank #36,481 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,481
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH malais

Nearest frequency peer: malais (-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 « malbouffe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « malbouffe » 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 malbouffe
PropertyValue
Headwordmalbouffe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mal.buf\
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,481
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « malbouffe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).malbouffese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « malais » (#36,480), « mango » (#36,482), « machination » (#36,479). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malbouffe » est au #36,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around malbouffe (IPA \mal.buf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,481 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alimentation qui est spécialement mauvaise pour la santé, comportant une forte teneur en graisses ou en sucres.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for malbouffe, with forms such as "amlbouffe", "mablouffe", and "malbbouffe". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is malbouffe, spelled M-A-L-B-O-U-F-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alimentation qui est spécialement mauvaise pour la santé, comportant une forte teneur en graisses ou en sucres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alors que l’ONU appelle à taxer la malbouffe, Test-Achats préconise de travailler davantage en amont, en imposant des normes contraignantes aux industries agroalimentaires.
  2. Cocorico ! Voilà une PME française qui a réussi à percer sur le marché de la malbouffe.

Synonyms

junk-food

This word in other languages

junk food(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlbouffe
  • mablouffe
  • malbbouffe
  • malbofufe
  • malboufe
  • malboufef
  • malbuoffe
  • mallbouffe
  • malobuffe
  • mlabouffe
  • mmalbouffe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malbouffe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amlbouffe2mablouffe2malbbouffe1malbofufe2malboufe1malboufef2malbuoffe2mallbouffe1
Edit distance from "malbouffe"

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 "malbouffe"?
"malbouffe" is spelled M-A-L-B-O-U-F-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mal.buf\.
What does "malbouffe" mean?
As a noun, "malbouffe" means: Alimentation qui est spécialement mauvaise pour la santé, comportant une forte teneur en graisses ou en sucres.
What are common misspellings of "malbouffe"?
Common misspellings include "amlbouffe", "mablouffe", "malbbouffe", "malbofufe", "malboufe". The correct spelling is "malbouffe".
How do you pronounce "malbouffe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malbouffe" is \mal.buf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malbouffe" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Maurienne#36,487licenciée#36,473méprendre#36,505naviguant#36,509

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Montaigu11 variantsmunition11 variantsJinping11 variantspermises11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list