malveillantes

\mal.vɛ.jɑ̃t\

/\mal.vɛ.jɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“malveillantes” is uncommon French (frequency #50,958 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,958
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-malveillantes · malveillantes · French

malveillantes · rank #50,958 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,958
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mandatés

Nearest frequency peer: mandatés (+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 « malveillantes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « malveillantes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malveillantes
PropertyValue
Headwordmalveillantes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mal.vɛ.jɑ̃t\
Letters13
Frequency rank#50,958
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « malveillantes » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).malveillantestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « mandatés » (#50,959), « mak » (#50,956), « mangées » (#50,960). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « malveillantes » est au #50,958. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malveillantes is uncommon French at frequency #50,958 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mal.vɛ.jɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de malveillant.".

malveillantes has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is malveillantes, spelled M-A-L-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de malveillant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’étaient les civiques, assisté de plusieurs jeunes gens de la Légion Urbaine, qui lui avaient fait faire la désagréable culbute : ma qualité de légionnaire me désigna à son ressentiment ; et, depuis lors, dans tous les journaux qui ont publié sa prose, le rancunier ex-secrétaire de Gent n’a jamais manqué l’occasion de décocher contre moi ses critiques ma…

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 "malveillantes"?
"malveillantes" is spelled M-A-L-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mal.vɛ.jɑ̃t\.
What does "malveillantes" mean?
As an adjective, "malveillantes" means: Féminin pluriel de malveillant.
How do you pronounce "malveillantes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malveillantes" is \mal.vɛ.jɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malveillantes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list