miracle
[ˈmɪrəkl̩]
The verdict
“miracle” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,896 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,896
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Wunder
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | miracle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪrəkl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #49,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “miracle” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for miracle is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɪrəkl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,896 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "das Wunder".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for miracle, with forms such as "imracle", "miarcle", and "miraccle". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is miracle, spelled M-I-R-A-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1das Wunder
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imracle,miarcle,miraccle,miracel,miraclle,miralce,mircale,mirracle,mmiracle,mriacle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miracle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “miracle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-I-R-A-C-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmɪrəkl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.