marvell
"marvell" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marvell” is uncommon English (frequency #62,300 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,300
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of marvel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-marvell · marvell · English
marvell · rank #62,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,300
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH maslin
Nearest frequency peer: maslin (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “marvell”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Marianas
Marianas
37,704 corpus weight
- Mariupol
Mariupol
37,703 corpus weight
- marvell
marvell
37,701 corpus weight
- maslin
maslin
37,700 corpus weight
- Matheny
Matheny
37,699 corpus weight
- Mathieson
Mathieson
37,698 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “marvell” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marvell |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “marvell” in English
Rare enough to double-check
marvell is uncommon English at frequency #62,300 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete spelling of marvel.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for marvell in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is marvell, spelled M-A-R-V-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of marvel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how marvell appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And therefore, if a Rodde carie the feare of a Sworde, it is no maruell, if those that be fearefull of nature, chose rather to forsake the Plaie, than to stand alwaies within the feare of a Sworde in a fonde mans handling.
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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