malsage
\mal.saʒ\
The verdict
“malsage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas sage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malsage · malsage · French
malsage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | malsage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mal.saʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « malsage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
malsage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mal.saʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas sage.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for malsage in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is malsage, spelled M-A-L-S-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas sage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how malsage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La fortune est à peu près de l’humeur de ces princesses malsages [qui ont de l’amour pour un nain ou un Maure] ; elle choisit d’ordinaire le plus laid et le plus mal fait.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.