malnutrition

\mal.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\

/\mal.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“malnutrition” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,244
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État pathologique causé par un apport nutritionnel insuffisant, excessif ou déséquilibré, susceptible d’altérer la santé d’un individu ou d’une population.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malnutrition · malnutrition · French

malnutrition · rank #28,244 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,244
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Malek

Nearest frequency peer: Malek (-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 « malnutrition »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « malnutrition » 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 malnutrition
PropertyValue
Headwordmalnutrition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mal.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#28,244
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « malnutrition »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).malnutritionse 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 « Malek » (#28,243), « manquants » (#28,245), « maladroitement » (#28,242). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malnutrition » est au #28,244. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around malnutrition (IPA \mal.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,244 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "État pathologique causé par un apport nutritionnel insuffisant, excessif ou déséquilibré, susceptible d’altérer la santé d’un individu ou d’une population.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for malnutrition, with forms such as "amlnutrition", "mallnutrition", and "malnnutrition". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is malnutrition, spelled M-A-L-N-U-T-R-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    État pathologique causé par un apport nutritionnel insuffisant, excessif ou déséquilibré, susceptible d’altérer la santé d’un individu ou d’une population.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Certains enfants démunis souffrent de malnutrition.
  2. Il convient de reconnaître que les bêtes qui souffrent de malnutrition sont plus sensibles aux maladies que les animaux correctement nourris et sont de ce fait plus susceptibles que les autres d’être atteintes de plusieurs maladies simultanément. Il arrive que le diagnostic en soit rendu difficile ; un animal en mauvais état peut héberger de nombreux para…

Synonyms

cacotrophie

This word in other languages

malnutrition(English)malnutrición(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlnutrition
  • mallnutrition
  • malnnutrition
  • malnturition
  • malnurtition
  • malnutirtion
  • malnutriiton
  • malnutritino
  • malnutritionn
  • malnutritoin
  • malnutrittion
  • malnutrrition
  • malnutrtiion
  • malnuttrition
  • maluntrition
  • manlutrition
  • mlanutrition
  • mmalnutrition

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amlnutrition2mallnutrition1malnnutrition1malnturition2malnurtition2malnutirtion2malnutriiton2malnutritino2
Edit distance from "malnutrition"

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 "malnutrition"?
"malnutrition" is spelled M-A-L-N-U-T-R-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mal.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "malnutrition" mean?
As a noun, "malnutrition" means: État pathologique causé par un apport nutritionnel insuffisant, excessif ou déséquilibré, susceptible d’altérer la santé d’un individu ou d’une population.
What are common misspellings of "malnutrition"?
Common misspellings include "amlnutrition", "mallnutrition", "malnnutrition", "malnturition", "malnurtition". The correct spelling is "malnutrition".
How do you pronounce "malnutrition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malnutrition" is \mal.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malnutrition" come from?
"malnutrition" 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 "malnutrition", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

légumineuses#28,241mitrailleuse#28,254Montréalaise#28,258opportunisme#28,272

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

neurologiques18 variantsimmobilisation18 variantshorticulture18 variantsquestionnaires18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list