malhabilement
\ma.la.bil.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“malhabilement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière malhabile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malhabilement · malhabilement · French
malhabilement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | malhabilement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ma.la.bil.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
malhabilement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ma.la.bil.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une manière malhabile.".
malhabilement has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is malhabilement, spelled M-A-L-H-A-B-I-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière malhabile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how malhabilement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. Legault est conscient de cela. Mais ébranlé par les critiques face à son refus net – et exprimé malhabilement mardi – d’exempter les itinérants du couvre-feu, critiques qui viennent notamment de la mairesse de Montréal, Valérie Plante, et du ministre fédéral Mark Miller, il a pensé récupérer le thème central du nouveau président américain, l’« unité ».
Il s'est malhabilement comporté.
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.