miraculous

Name: miraculous, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/

//mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“miraculous” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,533. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,533
frequency rank, English: 4,057
“M” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.

Corpus desk

Index EN-miraculous · miraculous · English

miraculous · rank #16,533 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #16,533
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 4,057
PHOTO-FINISH mildly

Nearest frequency peer: mildly (-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.

mead

83,473
migrate

83,470
mildly

83,469
miraculous

83,468
moaning

83,467
MoS

83,465

What this shows “miraculous” 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).

miraculous vs miraculously

83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for miraculous
Property	Value
Headword	miraculous
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#16,533
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “miraculous”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).miraculouslands here:

#16,533

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “mildly” (#16,532), “moaning” (#16,534), “migrate” (#16,531). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “miraculous” is #16,533. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around miraculous (IPA /mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,533 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for miraculous, with forms such as "imraculous", "miarculous", and "miracculous". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "miraculously", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French miraculeux. Displaced native Old English wundorlīċ. The correct English form is miraculous, spelled M-I-R-A-C-U-L-O-U-S.

Definition

1
By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.
2
Very surprising; amazing.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how miraculous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near p…

Etymology

From Middle French miraculeux. Displaced native Old English wundorlīċ.

This word in other languages

milagroso(Español)miraculeux(Français)wundertätig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

imraculous
miarculous
miracculous
miracluous
miracullous
miraculosu
miraculouss
miraculuos
miracuolus
mirauclous
mircaulous
mirraculous
mmiraculous
mriaculous

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miraculous - 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.

Edit distance from "miraculous"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "miraculous"?

"miraculous" is spelled M-I-R-A-C-U-L-O-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is /mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/.

What does "miraculous" mean?

As an adjective, "miraculous" means: By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.

What words are commonly confused with "miraculous"?

"miraculous" is commonly confused with "miraculously". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "miraculous"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miraculous" is /mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "miraculous"?

From Middle French miraculeux. Displaced native Old English wundorlīċ. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "miraculous", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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