mals
\mal\
The verdict
“mals” is uncommon French (frequency #66,892 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,892
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de mal utilisé uniquement dans certaines expressions (le pluriel normal est maux).
Corpus desk
Index FR-mals · mals · French
mals · rank #66,892 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,892
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Malagasy
Nearest frequency peer: Malagasy (-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 « mals »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- magnifier
magnifier
33,112 corpus weight
- magnétiseur
magnétiseur
33,111 corpus weight
- Malagasy
Malagasy
33,110 corpus weight
- mals
mals
33,109 corpus weight
- maltraitent
maltraitent
33,108 corpus weight
- maléfices
maléfices
33,107 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mals » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mals |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mal\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mals » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mals is uncommon French at frequency #66,892 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de mal utilisé uniquement dans certaines expressions (le pluriel normal est maux).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mals, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mals, spelled M-A-L-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de mal utilisé uniquement dans certaines expressions (le pluriel normal est maux).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mals appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle est dans les mals. (elle a des douleurs parce qu’elle va accoucher)
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.
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