magnificent
mag·nif·i·cent/mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/adjective
magnificent is spelled M-A-G-N-I-F-I-C-E-N-T, 4 syllables: mag·nif·i·cent. The wrong spelling people search most is magnificant: about 390 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Magnificent is an adjective meaning “Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance”.
How many letters and syllables are in magnificent?
| Letters | 11: M-A-G-N-I-F-I-C-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: mag·nif·i·cent |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,674th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, magnificant, about 390 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell magnificent?
Magnificent is spelled M-A-G-N-I-F-I-C-E-N-T. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for magnificent in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is magnificent?
Magnificent appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce magnificent?
- /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/
Magnificent has 4 syllables, split mag·nif·i·cent in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-magnificent.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of magnificent
- more magnificent comparative
- most magnificent superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does magnificent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
- 2
Grand or noble in action.
- 3
Exceptional for its kind.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Magnificent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | magnifique |
| German | prächtig , ausgezeichnet |
| Portuguese | magnífico |
| Spanish | magnífico, macanudo, pulento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does magnificent come from?
From Middle English magnificent, from Middle French magnificent, from Latin magnificentior, comparative of magnificus (“great in deeds or sentiment, noble, splendid, etc.”), from magnus (“great”) + -ficēns, a form of -ficiēns, the regular form, in compounds, of faciēns, a participle of facere (“to do”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).