malintentionné

\ma.lɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\

/\ma.lɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\/ adj

The verdict

“malintentionné” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de mauvaises intentions.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malintentionne · malintentionné · French

malintentionné · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for malintentionné
PropertyValue
Headwordmalintentionné
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.lɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « malintentionné » en français

malintentionnésiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malintentionné is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.lɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a de mauvaises intentions.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for malintentionné, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is malintentionné, spelled M-A-L-I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N-N-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a de mauvaises intentions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Entre 2015 et mars 2018, des développeurs malintentionnés ont pu accéder en toute discrétion aux profils des abonnés Google+ afin d’en siphonner les données.
  2. Méfiez-vous des individus malintentionnés.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malintentionné"?
"malintentionné" is spelled M-A-L-I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N-N-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.lɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\.
What does "malintentionné" mean?
As an adjective, "malintentionné" means: Qui a de mauvaises intentions.
How do you pronounce "malintentionné"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malintentionné" is \ma.lɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list