Mira
"mira" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mira” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,430
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 a...
Corpus desk
Index EN-mira · Mira · English
Mira · rank #20,430 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,430
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH minimizing
Nearest frequency peer: minimizing (-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 “Mira”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- midget
midget
79,574 corpus weight
- midwife
midwife
79,573 corpus weight
- minimizing
minimizing
79,572 corpus weight
- Mira
Mira
79,571 corpus weight
- misinformat…
misinformation
79,570 corpus weight
- mitochondri…
mitochondrial
79,569 corpus weight
What this shows “Mira” 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 | Mira |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #20,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Mira”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Mira, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,430 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 a...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mira, with forms such as "imra", "miar", and "mirra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mr", "Mrs", "mix", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662, from Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”). The correct English form is Mira, spelled M-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mira appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The favoured explanation, adopted by Maraldi, was based on the assumption that the star was rotating and composed of two different parts, a bright and a dark region; if so, it might only be visible when the bright region turned towards Earth. Whatever the explanation, Mira had puzzled the astronomers because of its random character and the irregular perio…
Etymology
Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662, from Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imra
- miar
- mirra
- mmira
- mria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mira - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).