malchanceuse
\mal.ʃɑ̃.søz\
The verdict
“malchanceuse” is uncommon French (frequency #91,909 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,909
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de malchanceux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malchanceuse · malchanceuse · French
malchanceuse · rank #91,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,909
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Maizières
Nearest frequency peer: Maizières (-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 « malchanceuse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Magdala
Magdala
8,096 corpus weight
- Maitreya
Maitreya
8,095 corpus weight
- Maizières
Maizières
8,094 corpus weight
- malchanceuse
malchanceuse
8,092 corpus weight
- malingre
malingre
8,090 corpus weight
- mandchous
mandchous
8,088 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « malchanceuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malchanceuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mal.ʃɑ̃.søz\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #91,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « malchanceuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
malchanceuse is uncommon French at frequency #91,909 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mal.ʃɑ̃.søz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de malchanceux.".
malchanceuse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is malchanceuse, spelled M-A-L-C-H-A-N-C-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de malchanceux.
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.
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