# mal vs MSG

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### mal
*adjective · IPA \mal\ · frequency rank #164*
Mauvais.

### MSG
*noun · frequency rank #49,805*
Sel de sodium.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/mal-vs-msg