malevolent
\mə.ˈlɛv.ə.lənt\
The verdict
“malevolent” 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-malevolent · malevolent · French
malevolent · 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 | malevolent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mə.ˈlɛv.ə.lənt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
malevolent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mə.ˈlɛv.ə.lənt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Malfaisant, maléfique.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for malevolent, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is malevolent, spelled M-A-L-E-V-O-L-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.