malen
\maːlən\
The verdict
“malen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peindre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malen · malen · French
malen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | malen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \maːlən\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
malen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \maːlən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peindre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for malen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is malen, spelled M-A-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Peindre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how malen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Den Teufel an die Wand malen, peindre le diable sur le mur ; être très pessimiste.
Alles in schwarzen Farben malen, tout peindre en noir ; voir tout en noir.
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.