# mischievous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪ.vəs/ · frequency rank #23,905

## Definitions
1. Causing mischief; injurious.
2. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.

## Etymology
From Middle English myschevous, mischevous, from Anglo-Norman meschevous, from Old French meschever, from mes- (“mis-”) + chever (“come to an end”) (from chef (“head”)). By surface analysis, mischief + -ous.

## Common misspellings (16)
`imschievous`, `micshievous`, `miscchievous`, `mischeivous`, `mischhievous`, `mischieovus`, `mischievosu`, `mischievouss`, `mischievuos`, `mischievvous`, `mischiveous`, `miscihevous`, `mishcievous`, `misschievous`, `mmischievous`, `msichievous`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mischievous