mischevious
/mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vi.əs/adjective
mischevious is spelled M-I-S-C-H-E-V-I-O-U-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, mischevious means “Alternative form of mischievous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mischevious?
| Letters | 11: M-I-S-C-H-E-V-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mischevious?
Mischevious appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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 mischevious?
- /mɪsˈt͡ʃiː.vi.əs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Aadenboy-mischevious.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mischevious?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mischevious.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mischievous.
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).
What does mischevious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of mischievous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mischevious come from?
From mischievous, under the influence of adjectives ending in -ious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).