miscarriage

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

/ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ/

//ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ// noun

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

The verdict

“miscarriage” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,140
frequency rank, English: 4,057
“M” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A failure; a mistake or error.

Corpus desk

Index EN-miscarriage · miscarriage · English

miscarriage · rank #19,140 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,140
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 4,057
PHOTO-FINISH MLA

Nearest frequency peer: MLA (+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.

mellow

80,864
melon

80,863
miscarriage

80,861
MLA

80,860
mojo

80,859
MSNBC

80,858

What this shows “miscarriage” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for miscarriage
Property	Value
Headword	miscarriage
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ/
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#19,140
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “miscarriage”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).miscarriagelands here:

#19,140

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “MLA” (#19,141), “melon” (#19,138), “mojo” (#19,142). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “miscarriage” is #19,140. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around miscarriage (IPA /ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,140 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 miscarriage, with forms such as "imscarriage", "micsarriage", and "misacrriage". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From mis- + carriage. The correct English form is miscarriage, spelled M-I-S-C-A-R-R-I-A-G-E.

Definition

1
A failure; a mistake or error.
2
The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

for feare least blame / Of her miscarriage should in her be fond, / She wist not how t'amend, nor how it to withstond.

Etymology

From mis- + carriage.

This word in other languages

aborto(Español)fausse couche(Français)Fehlgeburt(Deutsch)aborto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

imscarriage
micsarriage
misacrriage
miscariage
miscarirage
miscarraige
miscarriaeg
miscarriagge
miscarrigae
misccarriage
miscrariage
misscarriage
mmiscarriage
msicarriage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miscarriage - 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 "miscarriage"

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 "miscarriage"?

"miscarriage" is spelled M-I-S-C-A-R-R-I-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ/.

What does "miscarriage" mean?

As a noun, "miscarriage" means: A failure; a mistake or error.

What are common misspellings of "miscarriage"?

Common misspellings include "imscarriage", "micsarriage", "misacrriage", "miscariage", "miscarirage". The correct spelling is "miscarriage".

How do you pronounce "miscarriage"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miscarriage" is /ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ/. 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 "miscarriage"?

From mis- + carriage. 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 "miscarriage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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