# wondrous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwʌndɹəs/ · frequency rank #24,957

## Definitions
1. Wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.

## Etymology
From Middle English wondrous, alteration after the suffix -ous of Middle English wonders (“wondrous, wonderful”, adjective), from Old English wundres (“of wonder”), genitive singular of wundor (“wonder, miracle”), from Proto-Germanic *wundrą (“wonder”). Compare Dutch wonder, German Wunder.

## Common misspellings (12)
`owndrous`, `wnodrous`, `wodnrous`, `wonddrous`, `wondorus`, `wondrosu`, `wondrouss`, `wondrrous`, `wondruos`, `wonndrous`, `wonrdous`, `wwondrous`

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