malodorant
\ma.lɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“malodorant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui dégage une mauvaise odeur ; qui sent mauvais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malodorant · malodorant · French
malodorant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | malodorant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ma.lɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malodorant” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
malodorant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.lɔ.dɔ.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui dégage une mauvaise odeur ; qui sent mauvais.".
Zero misspellings are on record for malodorant in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is malodorant, spelled M-A-L-O-D-O-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui dégage une mauvaise odeur ; qui sent mauvais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how malodorant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette chair bleue qui gonflait, cette sanie malodorante qui coulait…
Tout cela ne m’intéressait pas des masses, mais elle en vint enfin à la fameuse journée où nos deux destins s’étaient croisés dans l’escalier malodorant.
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