malheureuse

\ma.lœ.ʁøz\

/\ma.lœ.ʁøz\/ noun

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The verdict

“malheureuse” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,612
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui subit un malheur ; personne éprouvée, affaiblie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malheureuse · malheureuse · French

malheureuse · rank #11,612 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,612
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Malcolm

Nearest frequency peer: Malcolm (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « malheureuse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « malheureuse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

malheureuse vs malheureux
82% similar
malheureuse vs malheureuses
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for malheureuse
PropertyValue
Headwordmalheureuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.lœ.ʁøz\
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,612
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « malheureuse »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).malheureusese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Malcolm » (#11,611), « Luther » (#11,610), « Margaret » (#11,614). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malheureuse » est au #11,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around malheureuse (IPA \ma.lœ.ʁøz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,612 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for malheureuse, with forms such as "amlheureuse", "mahleureuse", and "malehureuse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "malheureux", "malheureuses", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is malheureuse, spelled M-A-L-H-E-U-R-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui subit un malheur ; personne éprouvée, affaiblie.
  2. 2
    Celle qui est pauvre ; indigente.
  3. 3
    Celle qui est vile et méprisable.
  4. 4
    Prostituée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Était-ce bien Charlotte, cette malheureuse sur laquelle, en quelques mois, semblaient s’être abattus vingt ans de maladie cruelle ?
  2. La malheureuse était grise et il allait falloir bientôt la transporter dans une salle du premier pour l’y laisser cuver son vin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlheureuse
  • mahleureuse
  • malehureuse
  • malherueuse
  • malheueruse
  • malheuresue
  • malheureues
  • malheureusse
  • malheurreuse
  • malheuruese
  • malhheureuse
  • malhuereuse
  • mallheureuse
  • mlaheureuse
  • mmalheureuse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malheureuse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amlheureuse2mahleureuse2malehureuse2malherueuse2malheueruse2malheuresue2malheureues2malheureusse1
Edit distance from "malheureuse"

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 "malheureuse"?
"malheureuse" is spelled M-A-L-H-E-U-R-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.lœ.ʁøz\.
What does "malheureuse" mean?
As a noun, "malheureuse" means: Celle qui subit un malheur ; personne éprouvée, affaiblie.
What words are commonly confused with "malheureuse"?
"malheureuse" is commonly confused with "malheureux", "malheureuses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malheureuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malheureuse" is \ma.lœ.ʁøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malheureuse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "malheureuse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

polémiques15 variantspratiquent15 variantsprécisant15 variantsCasablanca15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list