misshapen
\mɪsˈʃeɪ.pən\
The verdict
“misshapen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déformé, malformé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-misshapen · misshapen · French
misshapen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | misshapen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɪsˈʃeɪ.pən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « misshapen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
misshapen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɪsˈʃeɪ.pən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Déformé, malformé.".
No misspelling variants are generated for misshapen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is misshapen, spelled M-I-S-S-H-A-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1Déformé, malformé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how misshapen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Look for patterns – both natural and man-made – and also note the things that break the pattern: the shape of a mound, an odd dog-legged field, or a misshapen window in a line of otherwise standardised cottages.
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.