malfaisantes

\mal.fə.zɑ̃t\

/\mal.fə.zɑ̃t\/ adj

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The verdict

“malfaisantes” is uncommon French (frequency #99,324 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,324
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-malfaisantes · malfaisantes · French

malfaisantes · rank #99,324 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,324
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Malicorne

Nearest frequency peer: Malicorne (+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 « malfaisantes »

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 « malfaisantes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malfaisantes
PropertyValue
Headwordmalfaisantes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mal.fə.zɑ̃t\
Letters12
Frequency rank#99,324
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « malfaisantes » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Malicorne » (#99,325), « malaxe » (#99,322), « Mammon » (#99,326). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malfaisantes » est au #99,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malfaisantes is uncommon French at frequency #99,324 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mal.fə.zɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de malfaisant.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for malfaisantes, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is malfaisantes, spelled M-A-L-F-A-I-S-A-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de malfaisant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La Reine de la Nuit, au début était une mère qui cherchait partout sa fille persécutée par un méchant magicien, elle devient, en route, une incarnation des puissances occultes et malfaisantes.

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 "malfaisantes"?
"malfaisantes" is spelled M-A-L-F-A-I-S-A-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mal.fə.zɑ̃t\.
What does "malfaisantes" mean?
As an adjective, "malfaisantes" means: Féminin pluriel de malfaisant.
How do you pronounce "malfaisantes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malfaisantes" is \mal.fə.zɑ̃t\. 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 "malfaisantes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marchandages#99,330marguilliers#99,332ligamentaire#99,290médiocrement#99,397

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list