maleficent
\mə.ˈlɪf.ɪ.sənt\
The verdict
“maleficent” 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) - Malfaisant, maléfique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maleficent · maleficent · French
maleficent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | maleficent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mə.ˈlɪf.ɪ.sənt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
maleficent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mə.ˈlɪf.ɪ.sənt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Malfaisant, maléfique.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for maleficent, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maleficent, spelled M-A-L-E-F-I-C-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Malfaisant, maléfique.
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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.