maltraitance

\mal.tʁɛ.tɑ̃s\

/\mal.tʁɛ.tɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“maltraitance” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,761
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de négliger ou d’infliger de mauvais traitements à une personne vulnérable ou à un animal qu’on a sous son autorité ou sous sa garde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maltraitance · maltraitance · French

maltraitance · rank #17,761 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,761
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH magnétiques

Nearest frequency peer: magnétiques (-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 « maltraitance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « maltraitance » 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
Key facts for maltraitance
PropertyValue
Headwordmaltraitance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mal.tʁɛ.tɑ̃s\
Letters12
Frequency rank#17,761
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maltraitance »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).maltraitancese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « magnétiques » (#17,760), « marginal » (#17,762), « Lévesque » (#17,759). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maltraitance » est au #17,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around maltraitance (IPA \mal.tʁɛ.tɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,761 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fait de négliger ou d’infliger de mauvais traitements à une personne vulnérable ou à un animal qu’on a sous son autorité ou sous sa garde.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for maltraitance, with forms such as "amltraitance", "malltraitance", and "malrtaitance". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maltraitance, spelled M-A-L-T-R-A-I-T-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fait de négliger ou d’infliger de mauvais traitements à une personne vulnérable ou à un animal qu’on a sous son autorité ou sous sa garde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how maltraitance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La maltraitance est un déni d’altérité, l’autre – ce tout petit bébé, cet enfant, ce jeune adolescent – n’est plus perçu, plus compris, plus pensé par l’auteur comme un Autre, comme un sujet, comme une personne, aussi petite personne soit-elle.
  2. À la veille de l’été 2003, Lucile vit arriver dans son service une jeune femme de trente-quatre ans, toxicomane, malade du Sida, victime de maltraitance et, selon toute vraisemblance, contrainte à la prostitution.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amltraitance
  • malltraitance
  • malrtaitance
  • maltaritance
  • maltraiatnce
  • maltraitacne
  • maltraitancce
  • maltraitanec
  • maltraitannce
  • maltraitnace
  • maltraittance
  • maltratiance
  • maltriatance
  • maltrraitance
  • malttraitance
  • matlraitance
  • mlatraitance
  • mmaltraitance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maltraitance - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amltraitance2malltraitance1malrtaitance2maltaritance2maltraiatnce2maltraitacne2maltraitancce1maltraitanec2
Edit distance from "maltraitance"

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 "maltraitance"?
"maltraitance" is spelled M-A-L-T-R-A-I-T-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mal.tʁɛ.tɑ̃s\.
What does "maltraitance" mean?
As a noun, "maltraitance" means: Fait de négliger ou d’infliger de mauvais traitements à une personne vulnérable ou à un animal qu’on a sous son autorité ou sous sa garde.
What are common misspellings of "maltraitance"?
Common misspellings include "amltraitance", "malltraitance", "malrtaitance", "maltaritance", "maltraiatnce". The correct spelling is "maltraitance".
How do you pronounce "maltraitance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maltraitance" is \mal.tʁɛ.tɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maltraitance" come from?
"maltraitance" 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 "maltraitance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list