malivole
\ma.li.vɔl\
The verdict
“malivole” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Malveillant ; malintentionné.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malivole · malivole · French
malivole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malivole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ma.li.vɔl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
malivole is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.li.vɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Malveillant ; malintentionné.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for malivole, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is malivole, spelled M-A-L-I-V-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Malveillant ; malintentionné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how malivole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] selon le sage Salomon, sapience n'entre point en âme malivole & science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l’âme , […].
[…] ; et y si l'on savait au milieu de quoi , Monestau vint interrompre la jolie Provençale , toutes les femmes se récrieraient sur l'inconvenance de Monestan , et peut-être sur celle que je commets, en dévoilant de pareils forfaits qui pourraient servir de vengeance à des maris malivoles.
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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.