malcontent
\mal.kɔ̃.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“malcontent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mécontent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malcontent · malcontent · French
malcontent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | malcontent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mal.kɔ̃.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
malcontent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mal.kɔ̃.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mécontent.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for malcontent in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is malcontent, spelled M-A-L-C-O-N-T-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Mécontent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how malcontent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais au milieu de tant d’exemples édifiants et touchants, on trouve quelquefois de ces personnes malcontentes et chagrines, à qui tout déplaît dans leur profession, et dont la vie, par-là même, n'est qu'amertume et dégoût.
Ainsi la révolution s’est toujours faite avec les pauvres, bien que les pauvres en aient rarement tiré grand profit. La contre-révolution se fera toujours contre eux, parce qu'ils sont malcontents, et parfois même désespérés. Or le désespoir est contagieux.
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.