# marvel

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɑɹvl̩/ · frequency rank #5,521

## Definitions
1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a portent.
2. Wonder, astonishment.

## Etymology
First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mīrābilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mīrābilis (“strange, wonderful”), from mīror (“I wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”). Doublet of mirabilia.

## Easily confused with
- **maven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marvel-vs-maven)
- **mauve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marvel-vs-mauve)
- **morel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marvel-vs-morel)
- **Marvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marvel-vs-marvin)
- **Merkel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marvel-vs-merkel)
- **Muriel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marvel-vs-muriel)
- **Mattel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marvel-vs-mattel)
- **morsel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marvel-vs-morsel)
- **mare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mare-vs-marvel)
- **marv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marv-vs-marvel)
- **marl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marl-vs-marvel)
- **Marie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marie-vs-marvel)
- **Mabel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mabel-vs-marvel)
- **marge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marge-vs-marvel)
- **mares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mares-vs-marvel)
- **Marek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marek-vs-marvel)
- **Maeve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maeve-vs-marvel)
- **Marne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marne-vs-marvel)
- **market** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/market-vs-marvel)
- **marked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marked-vs-marvel)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amrvel`, `marevl`, `marrvel`, `marvell`, `marvle`, `marvvel`, `mavrel`, `mmarvel`, `mravel`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/marvel