# Mira

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #20,430

## Definitions
1. 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 at its dimmest.

## Etymology
Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662, from Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”).

## Easily confused with
- **Mr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mr)
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mrs)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mix)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mit)
- **MMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mma)
- **MRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mri)
- **MLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mla)
- **MOR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mor)
- **moa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-moa)
- **miz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-miz)
- **MSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-msa)
- **MTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mta)
- **Mya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mya)
- **MRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mrt)
- **MRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mrc)
- **MRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mrp)
- **MUA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mua)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-more)
- **miss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-miss)
- **mist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mira-vs-mist)

## Common misspellings (5)
`imra`, `miar`, `mirra`, `mmira`, `mria`

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