miscellaneous
/ˌmɪsəˈleɪniəs/adjective
miscellaneous is spelled M-I-S-C-E-L-L-A-N-E-O-U-S. The wrong spelling people search most is miscellanious: about 350 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 68 of all searches for the word. Miscellaneous is an adjective meaning “Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts”.
How many letters and syllables are in miscellaneous?
| Letters | 13: M-I-S-C-E-L-L-A-N-E-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 3; the most searched, miscellanious, about 350 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell miscellaneous?
Miscellaneous is spelled M-I-S-C-E-L-L-A-N-E-O-U-S. 3 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 24 of the searches for miscellaneous in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is miscellaneous?
Miscellaneous appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 miscellaneous?
- UK /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs/
- US /ˌmɪsəˈleɪniəs/
- Australia /ˌmɪsəˈlæɪniəs/
Miscellaneous has 5 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: En-uk-miscellaneous.ogg, En-us-miscellaneous.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with miscellaneous?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as miscellaneous from its last stressed vowel (/eɪniəs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of miscellaneous
- more miscellaneous comparative
- most miscellaneous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does miscellaneous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts.
A miscellaneous pile of clothing, buttons, tools and other junk.
- 2
Having diverse characteristics, abilities or appearances.
- 3
Not in any other category.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate miscellaneous?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of miscellaneous: misc, miscell., miscl..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Miscellaneous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | divers , varié |
| German | gemischt, vermischt, verschieden , vielseitig |
| Portuguese | variado , diverso |
| Spanish | varios, misceláneo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does miscellaneous come from?
Borrowed from Latin miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“mix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).