tomber malade
\tɔ̃.be ma.lad\
The verdict
“tomber malade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devenir malade ; contracter une maladie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tomber-malade · tomber malade · French
tomber malade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tomber malade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɔ̃.be ma.lad\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tomber malade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tɔ̃.be ma.lad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Devenir malade ; contracter une maladie.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tomber malade in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tomber malade, spelled T-O-M-B-E-R- -M-A-L-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Devenir malade ; contracter une maladie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tomber malade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous sommes de beaux Jacques, allez, de gratifier de plus de trois mille francs ce mauvais docteur là. […]. Qui tombe jamais malade ici ? […] Si on l’appelle c’est tout au plus pour le permis d’inhumer.
Choisir un roi jeune, beau et bien portant n'empêchait pas qu'il vieillît, enlaidît, tombât malade, ni qu'il perdît ses vertus, ses qualités morales – bref, qu'il changeât et cessât d'être adéquat.
This word in other languages
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.