marginal
/ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/
"marginal" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marginal” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,069. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,069
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
Corpus desk
Index EN-marginal · marginal · English
marginal · rank #11,069 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,069
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH magistrate
Nearest frequency peer: magistrate (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “marginal”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- macro
macro
88,935 corpus weight
- mag
mag
88,934 corpus weight
- magistrate
magistrate
88,933 corpus weight
- marginal
marginal
88,932 corpus weight
- masculine
masculine
88,931 corpus weight
- milestone
milestone
88,930 corpus weight
What this shows “marginal” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marginal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “marginal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around marginal (IPA /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,069 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for marginal, with forms such as "amrginal", "magrinal", and "margginal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "marina", "martial", "marital", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis, equivalent to margin + -al. The correct English form is marginal, spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- 2Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- 3Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- 4Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
- 5Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
- 6Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
- 7Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
- 8Marginalized.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marginal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The marginal area at the edge of the salt-marsh has its own plants.
In recent years there has been an increase in violence against marginal groups.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis, equivalent to margin + -al.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amrginal
- magrinal
- margginal
- margianl
- marginall
- marginla
- marginnal
- margnial
- marignal
- marrginal
- mmarginal
- mraginal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marginal - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).