malencontreuse

\ma.lɑ̃.kɔ̃t.ʁøz\

/\ma.lɑ̃.kɔ̃t.ʁøz\/ adj

The verdict

“malencontreuse” is uncommon French (frequency #71,681 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,681
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de malencontreux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malencontreuse · malencontreuse · French

malencontreuse · rank #71,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,681
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mammographie

Nearest frequency peer: mammographie (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « malencontreuse »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « malencontreuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malencontreuse
PropertyValue
Headwordmalencontreuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.lɑ̃.kɔ̃t.ʁøz\
Letters14
Frequency rank#71,681
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « malencontreuse » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.malencontreusetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « mammographie » (#71,682), « manageur » (#71,683), « luger » (#71,678). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malencontreuse » est au #71,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malencontreuse is uncommon French at frequency #71,681 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.lɑ̃.kɔ̃t.ʁøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de malencontreux.".

malencontreuse has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 malencontreuse, spelled M-A-L-E-N-C-O-N-T-R-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de malencontreux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans le grenier, on trouve que la punition est suffisante et les bourreaux descendent la victime, qui n’a rien de plus pressé que de se défaire de la corde malencontreuse et de courir en son logis pour se désenfieller.

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 "malencontreuse"?
"malencontreuse" is spelled M-A-L-E-N-C-O-N-T-R-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.lɑ̃.kɔ̃t.ʁøz\.
What does "malencontreuse" mean?
As an adjective, "malencontreuse" means: Féminin singulier de malencontreux.
How do you pronounce "malencontreuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malencontreuse" is \ma.lɑ̃.kɔ̃t.ʁøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list