# wonderful

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwʌn.də.fl̩/ · frequency rank #1,514

## Definitions
1. Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
2. Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.

## Etymology
From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder + -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”). Compare Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”).

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

## Common misspellings (14)
`ownderful`, `wnoderful`, `wodnerful`, `wondderful`, `wondefrul`, `wonderfful`, `wonderflu`, `wonderfull`, `wonderrful`, `wonderufl`, `wondreful`, `wonedrful`, `wonnderful`, `wwonderful`

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