malignité
\ma.li.ɲi.te\
The verdict
“malignité” is uncommon French (frequency #93,998 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,998
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Disposition à faire du mal à autrui, à en penser, à en dire du mal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malignite · malignité · French
malignité · rank #93,998 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,998
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH majorat
Nearest frequency peer: majorat (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “malignité”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- magots
magots
6,007 corpus weight
- magus
magus
6,006 corpus weight
- mair
mair
6,005 corpus weight
- majorat
majorat
6,004 corpus weight
- malignité
malignité
6,003 corpus weight
- maltée
maltée
6,000 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “malignité” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malignité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.li.ɲi.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malignité” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
malignité is uncommon French at frequency #93,998 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.li.ɲi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for malignité, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 malignité, spelled M-A-L-I-G-N-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Disposition à faire du mal à autrui, à en penser, à en dire du mal.
- 2Qualité nuisible, dangereuse que renferme une chose.
- 3Disposition à plaisanter, à s’égayer aux dépens d’autrui.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how malignité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On prétend qu’on est moins malheureux quand on ne l’est pas seul. Mais, selon Zoroastre, ce n’est pas par malignité, c’est par besoin.
La malignité du siècle, du cœur humain.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "malignité", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.