malsains

\mal.sɛ̃\

/\mal.sɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“malsains” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,440. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,440
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de malsain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-malsains · malsains · French

malsains · rank #47,440 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,440
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Malaysia

Nearest frequency peer: Malaysia (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « malsains »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « malsains » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

malsains vs maltais
75% similar
malsains vs malins
75% similar
malsains vs malais
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for malsains
PropertyValue
Headwordmalsains
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mal.sɛ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#47,440
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « malsains »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.malsainsse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Malaysia » (#47,439), « mane » (#47,441), « Magalie » (#47,438). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malsains » est au #47,440. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around malsains (IPA \mal.sɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,440 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de malsain.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for malsains, with forms such as "amlsains", "malasins", and "mallsains". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "maltais", "malins", "malais", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is malsains, spelled M-A-L-S-A-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de malsain.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlsains
  • malasins
  • mallsains
  • malsainns
  • malsainss
  • malsaisn
  • malsanis
  • malsians
  • malssains
  • maslains
  • mlasains
  • mmalsains

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malsains - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amlsains2malasins2mallsains1malsainns1malsainss1malsaisn2malsanis2malsians2
Edit distance from "malsains"

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 "malsains"?
"malsains" is spelled M-A-L-S-A-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mal.sɛ̃\.
What does "malsains" mean?
As an adjective, "malsains" means: Masculin pluriel de malsain.
What words are commonly confused with "malsains"?
"malsains" is commonly confused with "maltais", "malins", "malais". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malsains"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malsains" is \mal.sɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malsains" come from?
"malsains" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Malaysia#47,439marcotte#47,442maverick#47,448lessives#47,424

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

mitigées12 variantsjugulaire12 variantsisolants12 variantsinsensés12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list