small wonder
"small-wonder" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“small wonder” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - An event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-small-wonder · small wonder · English
small wonder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | small wonder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “small wonder” in English
Rare enough to double-check
small wonder is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for small wonder, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is small wonder, spelled S-M-A-L-L- -W-O-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1An event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how small wonder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Small wonder if he had loved her for herself, she was so beautiful.
Small wonder that I am restless. I think, and think, and I cannot cease from thinking.
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.