maravilla

[maɾaˈβ̞iʝa]

/[maɾaˈβ̞iʝa]/ noun

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The verdict

“maravilla” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,227
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acontecimiento o cosa impresionante que provoca admiración.

Corpus desk

Index ES-maravilla · maravilla · Spanish

maravilla · rank #5,227 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,227
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH mantenido

Nearest frequency peer: mantenido (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “maravilla”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “maravilla” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

maravilla vs maravillas
90% similar
maravilla vs maravillosa
82% similar
maravilla vs maravillado
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for maravilla
PropertyValue
Headwordmaravilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maɾaˈβ̞iʝa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,227
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “maravilla”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).maravillacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “mantenido” (#5,226), “marihuana” (#5,228), “masiva” (#5,229). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “maravilla” va en #5,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around maravilla (IPA [maɾaˈβ̞iʝa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,227 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for maravilla, with forms such as "amravilla", "maarvilla", and "marabilla". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "maravillas", "maravillosa", "maravillado", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is maravilla, spelled M-A-R-A-V-I-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acontecimiento o cosa impresionante que provoca admiración.
  2. 2
    Acción o efecto de maravillar o de maravillarse.
  3. 3
    (Calendula officinalis) Planta herbácea compuesta, de flores terminales color naranja, cuyo conocimiento se usa como antiespasmódico en medicina.
  4. 4
    (Ipomoea imperati, y Convolvulus tricolor) Nombre común de varias plantas perennes de la familia de las convolvuláceas, trepadora (enredadera), de hojas ovadas, flores tubulosas de color azul purpúreo o blanco y de frutos en cápsula, de uso para ornamental.
  5. 5
    (Mirabilis jalapa) Planta nictaginácea de flores blancas, rojizas o amarillas, originaria del Perú. Sus flores se abren por la noche y se cierran durante el día. Tiene carnosas raíces tuberosas y puede alcanzar entre 60 a 150 cm de altura.
  6. 6
    (Helianthus annuus) Planta de la familia de las asteráceas, herbácea, anual, originaria de América, de tallo alto y erecto y característica inflorescencia amarilla en forma de disco. Sus semillas comestibles se aprovechan para la extracción de aceite.

Synonyms

portentoadmiraciónasombrodondiegogirasol

This word in other languages

marvel(English)merveille(Français)Wunder(Deutsch)maravilha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amravilla
  • maarvilla
  • marabilla
  • maraivlla
  • maravila
  • maravilal
  • maravlila
  • maravvilla
  • marravilla
  • marvailla
  • mmaravilla
  • mraavilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maravilla - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amravilla2maarvilla2marabilla1maraivlla2maravila1maravilal2maravlila2maravvilla1
Edit distance from "maravilla"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maravilla"?
"maravilla" is spelled M-A-R-A-V-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maɾaˈβ̞iʝa].
What does "maravilla" mean?
As a noun, "maravilla" means: Acontecimiento o cosa impresionante que provoca admiración.
What words are commonly confused with "maravilla"?
"maravilla" is commonly confused with "maravillas", "maravillosa", "maravillado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maravilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maravilla" is [maɾaˈβ̞iʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maravilla" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maravilla", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mantenido#5,226marihuana#5,228inclusión#5,218permanece#5,239

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

habíamos12 variantsrequieren12 variantsextremos12 variantsespacial12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list