malséant
\mal.se.ɑ̃\
The verdict
“malséant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est contraire à la bienséance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malseant · malséant · French
malséant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | malséant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mal.se.ɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « malséant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
malséant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mal.se.ɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est contraire à la bienséance.".
No misspelling variants are generated for malséant in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is malséant, spelled M-A-L-S-É-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est contraire à la bienséance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how malséant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Disons d’ailleurs tout de suite que ces unions désignées dans le monde sous le nom de « mariages d’inclination » pour écarter le mot « amour » considéré comme malséant, sont souvent plus mal assorties que les autres.
Rien n’est plus déchirant, malséant presque, qu’une douleur, que des sanglots d’homme.
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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.