Which to use
“maliens” and “malignes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,930
- “maliens” frequency rank
- #44,564
- “malignes” frequency rank
- 68494
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maliens | malignes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de malien. | Féminin pluriel de malin. |
Where the eye mixes maliens and malignes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. maliens runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against malignes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: maliens vs malignes
A purely visual mix-up. maliens (\ma.ljɛ̃\) and malignes (\ma.liɲ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maliens is recorded at frequency rank #23,930, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.ljɛ̃\. malignes is at rank #44,564, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.liɲ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 68494, this pair ranks #58,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maliens vs malignes
Shared letters: aeilmns. Private to "maliens": -. Private to "malignes": g.
"maliens" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "malignes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maliens" and "malignes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "maliens" or "malignes" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "maliens" and "malignes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maliens" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "malignes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maliens" and "malignes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malignes vs maline". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #58,959 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.