malpoli

\mal.pɔ.li\

/\mal.pɔ.li\/ adj

The verdict

“malpoli” is uncommon French (frequency #52,186 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,186
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grossier, impoli.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malpoli · malpoli · French

malpoli · rank #52,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,186
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manquerais

Nearest frequency peer: manquerais (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « malpoli »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « malpoli » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malpoli
PropertyValue
Headwordmalpoli
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mal.pɔ.li\
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,186
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « malpoli » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).malpolitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « manquerais » (#52,187), « maintenons » (#52,184), « marginalisé » (#52,188). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malpoli » est au #52,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malpoli is uncommon French at frequency #52,186 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mal.pɔ.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grossier, impoli.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for malpoli, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 malpoli, spelled M-A-L-P-O-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grossier, impoli.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les vices d’un pédant sont d’être malpoli, féroce, chagrin, critique opiniâtre, et de disputer sur tout avec acharnement.

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 "malpoli"?
"malpoli" is spelled M-A-L-P-O-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is \mal.pɔ.li\.
What does "malpoli" mean?
As an adjective, "malpoli" means: Grossier, impoli.
How do you pronounce "malpoli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malpoli" is \mal.pɔ.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list