# miserable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/ · frequency rank #6,378

## Definitions
1. In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
2. Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent; hopeless.
3. Of the weather, extremely unpleasant due to being cold, wet, overcast, etc.
4. Wretched; worthless; mean; contemptible.
5. Causing unhappiness or misery.
6. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French miserable, from Old French, from Latin miserabilis, equivalent to miser + -able.

## Easily confused with
- **miserably** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miserable-vs-miserably)

## Common misspellings (14)
`imserable`, `miesrable`, `misearble`, `miserabble`, `miserabel`, `miserablle`, `miseralbe`, `miserbale`, `miserible`, `miserrable`, `misreable`, `misserable`, `mmiserable`, `msierable`

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