mischanceful
/mɪsˈt͡ʃænsfəl/
"mischanceful" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mischanceful” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unlucky
Corpus desk
Index EN-mischanceful · mischanceful · English
mischanceful · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mischanceful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɪsˈt͡ʃænsfəl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mischanceful” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mischanceful is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mɪsˈt͡ʃænsfəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unlucky".
mischanceful has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mischance + -ful. The correct English form is mischanceful, spelled M-I-S-C-H-A-N-C-E-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1unlucky
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mischanceful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She believed herself indispensable, but she knew that in such a mischanceful world as this the very powers of darkness might rise to separate her from this pearl among jobs.
Etymology
From mischance + -ful.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.