malfaitrice
\mal.fɛ.tʁis\
The verdict
“malfaitrice” 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) - Celle qui commet des méfaits, des vols, voire des crimes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malfaitrice · malfaitrice · French
malfaitrice · 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 | malfaitrice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mal.fɛ.tʁis\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
malfaitrice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mal.fɛ.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celle qui commet des méfaits, des vols, voire des crimes.".
malfaitrice doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is malfaitrice, spelled M-A-L-F-A-I-T-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui commet des méfaits, des vols, voire des crimes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how malfaitrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Judith, arrêtée comme une malfaitrice, fut entraînée par une escouade jusqu’à Poitiers, où on lui fit prendre le voile de force à l’abbaye Sainte-Croix, rendue célèbre par le souvenir de sainte Radegonde.
This word in other languages
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.