Miranda
/mɪˈɹændə/noun, verb
Miranda is spelled M-I-R-A-N-D-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Miranda means “A Miranda warning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Miranda?
| Letters | 7: M-I-R-A-N-D-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.9 times per million words; the 9,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Miranda?
Miranda appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Miranda?
- /mɪˈɹændə/
Miranda has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Miranda.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Miranda
- Mirandas present, singular, he/she/it
- Mirandaing participle, present
- Mirandaed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Miranda mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Miranda warning.
verb
- 1
To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v. Arizona.
Has the suspect been Mirandaed?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Miranda come from?
From the Romance (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian habitational surname) Miranda. The common noun and verb are after the case Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), after Ernesto Miranda.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).