magical word
"magical-word" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“magical word” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of magic word.
Corpus desk
Index EN-magical-word · magical word · English
magical word · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | magical word |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “magical word” in English
Rare enough to double-check
magical word is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of magic word.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for magical word, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is magical word, spelled M-A-G-I-C-A-L- -W-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Synonym of magic word.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how magical word appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
IN December, 1917, General [Edmund] Allenby captured Jerusalem. Like every well-informed British officer, he kept before him the needs of the Empire. Some one whispered the magical word "potash" to him. He had Major T[homas] G[regory] Tulloch, a competent engineer, sent to survey the possibilities of the Dead Sea.
“They are upset,” Mr. [Cecil William] Stoughton quoted Mr. [Kenneth] Walker, the director, as saying. “What,” Mr. Walker reportedly asked “were you doing there?” “That word ‘they’ is the magical word, I suppose,” Mr. Stoughton said. “I do know he [Mr. Walker] got that picture from the White House. It's the file Ollie Atkins took.”
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.