malice

\ma.lis\

/\ma.lis\/ noun

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The verdict

“malice” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,998. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,998
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inclination à nuire, à mal faire, à causer de la peine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malice · malice · French

malice · rank #21,998 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,998
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH magnum

Nearest frequency peer: magnum (-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 « malice »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « malice » 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).

malice vs marié
50% similar
malice vs malin
67% similar
malice vs mamie
67% similar

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

Key facts for malice
PropertyValue
Headwordmalice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.lis\
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,998
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « malice »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.malicese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « magnum » (#21,997), « lâchent » (#21,996), « Mds » (#22,000). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malice » est au #21,998. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around malice (IPA \ma.lis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,998 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for malice, with forms such as "amlice", "mailce", and "malcie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "marié", "malin", "mamie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 malice, spelled M-A-L-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inclination à nuire, à mal faire, à causer de la peine.
  2. 2
    Malignité.
  3. 3
    Action faite avec malice.
  4. 4
    Finesse, habileté, subtilité.
  5. 5
    Disposition à la plaisanterie.
  6. 6
    Action faite, parole dite dans la seule intention de plaisanter, de se divertir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a un fonds de malice.
  2. Il a fait cela par malice, par pure malice.

This word in other languages

malice(English)malicia(Español)malícia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlice
  • mailce
  • malcie
  • malicce
  • maliec
  • mallice
  • mlaice
  • mmalice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malice - 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.

amlice2mailce2malcie2malicce1maliec2mallice1mlaice2mmalice1
Edit distance from "malice"

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 "malice"?
"malice" is spelled M-A-L-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.lis\.
What does "malice" mean?
As a noun, "malice" means: Inclination à nuire, à mal faire, à causer de la peine.
What words are commonly confused with "malice"?
"malice" is commonly confused with "marié", "malin", "mamie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malice" is \ma.lis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

magnum#21,997Leroux#21,990murale#22,010Nikita#22,013

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Kaboul8 variantsguidon8 variantspsaume8 variantsflirt8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list