mischanceful

/mɪsˈt͡ʃænsfəl/

//mɪsˈt͡ʃænsfəl// adj

"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

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Key facts for mischanceful
PropertyValue
Headwordmischanceful
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/mɪsˈt͡ʃænsfəl/
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mischanceful” in English

mischancefulsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    unlucky

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mischanceful"?
"mischanceful" is spelled M-I-S-C-H-A-N-C-E-F-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is /mɪsˈt͡ʃænsfəl/.
What does "mischanceful" mean?
As an adjective, "mischanceful" means: unlucky
How do you pronounce "mischanceful"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mischanceful" is /mɪsˈt͡ʃænsfəl/. 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 "mischanceful"?
From mischance + -ful. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list