Malthus
The verdict
“Malthus” is uncommon French (frequency #64,592 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,592
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille anglophone, surtout connu par Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), un économiste britannique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-malthus · Malthus · French
Malthus · rank #64,592 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,592
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH malta
Nearest frequency peer: malta (-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 « Malthus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- majorer
majorer
35,412 corpus weight
- malka
malka
35,411 corpus weight
- malta
malta
35,410 corpus weight
- Malthus
Malthus
35,409 corpus weight
- mangeoire
mangeoire
35,407 corpus weight
- manifestez
manifestez
35,406 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Malthus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Malthus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Malthus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Malthus is uncommon French at frequency #64,592 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille anglophone, surtout connu par Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), un économiste britannique.".
Malthus has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Malthus, spelled M-A-L-T-H-U-S.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille anglophone, surtout connu par Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), un économiste britannique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Malthus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ni Arthur ni Mathilde ne prévoient qu'en moins de cent ans cette production humaine en série, pour ne pas dire à la chaîne, aura transformé la planète en une termitière, et cela en dépit de massacres tels qu'on n'en trouve que dans l'Histoire Sainte. Quelques esprits plus perspicaces que Monsieur Arthur ont pourtant prédit cet aboutissement sans toutefois…
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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