malposition
French, noun\mal.po.zi.sjɔ̃\
malposition is spelled M-A-L-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malposition is a French feminine noun meaning “malposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mauvaise position d’un organe”.
What does malposition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemalposition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mauvaise position d’un organe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of malposition
- malpositions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malposition?
- \mal.po.zi.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malposition in French?
malposition appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).