malmener

\mal.mə.ne\

/\mal.mə.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“malmener” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,652
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maltraiter en paroles, en actions.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malmener · malmener · French

malmener · rank #48,652 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,652
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Malesherbes

Nearest frequency peer: Malesherbes (-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 « malmener »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « malmener » 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
Key facts for malmener
PropertyValue
Headwordmalmener
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mal.mə.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,652
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « malmener »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.malmenerse 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 « Malesherbes » (#48,651), « managériale » (#48,653), « malaisant » (#48,650). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malmener » est au #48,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around malmener (IPA \mal.mə.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,652 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for malmener, with forms such as "amlmener", "malemner", and "mallmener". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 malmener, spelled M-A-L-M-E-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maltraiter en paroles, en actions.
  2. 2
    Faire essuyer à quelqu’un un grand échec, une grande perte.
  3. 3
    Faire subir un préjudice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il l’a bien malmené.
  2. Les gendarmes ont grand tort de malmener les criminels. Sans eux, ils n'existeraient pas.

This word in other languages

mistreat(English)maltratar(Español)maltratar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlmener
  • malemner
  • mallmener
  • malmeenr
  • malmenerr
  • malmenner
  • malmenre
  • malmmener
  • malmneer
  • mamlener
  • mlamener
  • mmalmener

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amlmener2malemner2mallmener1malmeenr2malmenerr1malmenner1malmenre2malmmener1
Edit distance from "malmener"

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 "malmener"?
"malmener" is spelled M-A-L-M-E-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mal.mə.ne\.
What does "malmener" mean?
As a verb, "malmener" means: Maltraiter en paroles, en actions.
What are common misspellings of "malmener"?
Common misspellings include "amlmener", "malemner", "mallmener", "malmeenr", "malmenerr". The correct spelling is "malmener".
How do you pronounce "malmener"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malmener" is \mal.mə.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malmener" come from?
"malmener" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

louables#48,646lombardo#48,645masquent#48,659Laguiole#48,635

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

libyennes12 variantsMontereau12 variantsméritées12 variantsnazionale12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list