malédiction

\ma.le.dik.sjɔ̃\

/\ma.le.dik.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“malédiction” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,193. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,193
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de maudire ; résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malediction · malédiction · French

malédiction · rank #12,193 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #12,193
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Malte

Nearest frequency peer: Malte (-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 « malédiction »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « malédiction » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

malédiction vs malédictions
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for malédiction
PropertyValue
Headwordmalédiction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.le.dik.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,193
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « malédiction »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Malte » (#12,192), « manœuvres » (#12,194), « malo » (#12,191). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malédiction » est au #12,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around malédiction (IPA \ma.le.dik.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,193 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for malédiction, with forms such as "amlédiction", "maldéiction", and "malediction". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "malédictions", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 malédiction, spelled M-A-L-É-D-I-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de maudire ; résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Malheur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Que toutes les malédictions dues aux traîtres descendent sur vos têtes coupables !
  2. « Malheureuse ! s’écrie-t-il, rien n’a pu t’arrêter, il a fallu que tu vinsses te prostituer à la face de tout Berlin ! Eh bien ! aussi à la face de tout Berlin je te maudis, et je demande au ciel qu’il te fasse mourir dans la honte et dans la misère ; je te maudis ! » répéta-t-il. Et bien qu’il ne fût pas le moindrement du monde comédien, jamais au théât…

Antonyms

bénédiction

This word in other languages

malediction(English)maldición(Español)Fluch(Deutsch)maldição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlédiction
  • maldéiction
  • malediction
  • mallédiction
  • malédcition
  • maléddiction
  • malédicction
  • malédiciton
  • malédictino
  • malédictionn
  • malédictoin
  • malédicttion
  • maléditcion
  • maléidction
  • maéldiction
  • mlaédiction
  • mmalédiction

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malédiction - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amlédiction2maldéiction2malediction1mallédiction1malédcition2maléddiction1malédicction1malédiciton2
Edit distance from "malédiction"

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 "malédiction"?
"malédiction" is spelled M-A-L-É-D-I-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.le.dik.sjɔ̃\.
What does "malédiction" mean?
As a noun, "malédiction" means: Action de maudire ; résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "malédiction"?
"malédiction" is commonly confused with "malédictions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malédiction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malédiction" is \ma.le.dik.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malédiction" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

miséricorde#12,199méridionale#12,203généraliste#12,170potentielle#12,219

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

interrogation17 variantsflexibilité17 variantsenthousiaste17 variantsrespectable17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list