malhonnête

\ma.lɔ.nɛt\

/\ma.lɔ.nɛt\/ adj

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The verdict

“malhonnête” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,339. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,339
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui manque d’honnêteté, qui est contraire à l’honneur, à la probité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malhonnete · malhonnête · French

malhonnête · rank #19,339 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,339
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH lustres

Nearest frequency peer: lustres (-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 « malhonnête »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « malhonnête » 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).

malhonnête vs malhonnêtes
91% similar
malhonnête vs malhonnêteté
83% similar

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

Key facts for malhonnête
PropertyValue
Headwordmalhonnête
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.lɔ.nɛt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,339
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « malhonnête »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lustres » (#19,338), « manquerait » (#19,340), « lulu » (#19,337). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malhonnête » est au #19,339. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around malhonnête (IPA \ma.lɔ.nɛt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,339 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for malhonnête, with forms such as "amlhonnête", "mahlonnête", and "malhhonnête". 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, "malhonnêtes", "malhonnêteté", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is malhonnête, spelled M-A-L-H-O-N-N-Ê-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui manque d’honnêteté, qui est contraire à l’honneur, à la probité.
  2. 2
    Qui est contraire à la civilité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette action est d’un malhonnête homme.
  2. Il a eu avec moi un procédé malhonnête.

Synonyms

croche

This word in other languages

dishonest(English)deshonesto(Español)desonesto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlhonnête
  • mahlonnête
  • malhhonnête
  • malhnonête
  • malhonnete
  • malhonntêe
  • malhonnêet
  • malhonnêtte
  • malhonênte
  • malhonête
  • mallhonnête
  • malohnnête
  • mlahonnête
  • mmalhonnête

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malhonnête - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amlhonnête2mahlonnête2malhhonnête1malhnonête2malhonnete1malhonntêe2malhonnêet2malhonnêtte1
Edit distance from "malhonnête"

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 "malhonnête"?
"malhonnête" is spelled M-A-L-H-O-N-N-Ê-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.lɔ.nɛt\.
What does "malhonnête" mean?
As an adjective, "malhonnête" means: Qui manque d’honnêteté, qui est contraire à l’honneur, à la probité.
What words are commonly confused with "malhonnête"?
"malhonnête" is commonly confused with "malhonnêtes", "malhonnêteté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malhonnête"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malhonnête" is \ma.lɔ.nɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malhonnête" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

manquerait#19,340Mozambique#19,345occupaient#19,355participez#19,362

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Neuchâtel14 variantsignorants14 variantsplaignant14 variantspluralité14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list