malfaisance
\mal.fə.zɑ̃s\
The verdict
“malfaisance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disposition à faire du mal à autrui, en parlant des personnes et des choses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malfaisance · malfaisance · French
malfaisance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | malfaisance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mal.fə.zɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
malfaisance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mal.fə.zɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disposition à faire du mal à autrui, en parlant des personnes et des choses.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for malfaisance, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is malfaisance, spelled M-A-L-F-A-I-S-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Disposition à faire du mal à autrui, en parlant des personnes et des choses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how malfaisance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a donné des preuves de malfaisance.
La malfaisance d’un air vicié, d’un produit avarié.
Synonyms
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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.