mauvais plaisant

\mɔ.vɛ plɛ.zɑ̃\

/\mɔ.vɛ plɛ.zɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“mauvais plaisant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui fait une plaisanterie de mauvais goût.

Key facts for mauvais plaisant
PropertyValue
Headwordmauvais plaisant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ.vɛ plɛ.zɑ̃\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mauvais plaisant” sits in French frequency

mauvais plaisant falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mauvais plaisant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.vɛ plɛ.zɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui fait une plaisanterie de mauvais goût.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mauvais plaisant, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 mauvais plaisant, spelled M-A-U-V-A-I-S- -P-L-A-I-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui fait une plaisanterie de mauvais goût.

Synonyms

plaisantin

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mauvais plaisant"?
"mauvais plaisant" is spelled M-A-U-V-A-I-S- -P-L-A-I-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.vɛ plɛ.zɑ̃\.
What does "mauvais plaisant" mean?
As a noun, "mauvais plaisant" means: Celui qui fait une plaisanterie de mauvais goût.
How do you pronounce "mauvais plaisant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mauvais plaisant" is \mɔ.vɛ plɛ.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mauvais plaisant" come from?
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Using “mauvais plaisant”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-U-V-A-I-S- -P-L-A-I-S-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɔ.vɛ plɛ.zɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list