miserable

/[miseˈɾaβ̞le]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,036

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

miserable is anSpanishadj. It means: Que está en una condición o situación de pobreza, miseria, carencia o necesidad, especialmente económica. Pronounced [miseˈɾaβ̞le]. It ranks #7,036 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with miserables.

Key facts for miserable
PropertyValue
Headwordmiserable
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[miseˈɾaβ̞le]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,036
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of miserable in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for miserable is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [miseˈɾaβ̞le]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,036 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for miserable, with forms such as "imserable", "micerable", and "miesrable". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "miserables", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is miserable, spelled M-I-S-E-R-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que está en una condición o situación de pobreza, miseria, carencia o necesidad, especialmente económica.
  2. 2
    Que evita gastar o compartir sus bienes, especialmente dinero; mezquino, miserioso, avaro.
  3. 3
    Con poco ánimo, con abatimiento, sin espíritu, sin fuerza.
  4. 4
    Que obra de un modo negativo, malvado, abusivo, sin consideración o respeto, que perjudica a los demás para su propio beneficio.
  5. 5
    Dicho de una cantidad, insignificante, escaso o insuficiente.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imserable,micerable,miesrable,misearble,miserabble,miserabel,miserablle,miseralbe,miseravle,miserbale,miserrable,misreable,misserable,mmiserable,msierable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for miserable

Misspelling Variants of "miserable"

imserable9micerable9miesrable9misearble9miserabble10miserabel9miserablle10miseralbe9
Misspelling Variants of "miserable"

Frequency rank: #7,036 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "miserable"?
"miserable" is spelled M-I-S-E-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [miseˈɾaβ̞le].
What does "miserable" mean?
As an adj, "miserable" means: Que está en una condición o situación de pobreza, miseria, carencia o necesidad, especialmente económica.
What words are commonly confused with "miserable"?
"miserable" is commonly confused with "miserables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "miserable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miserable" is [miseˈɾaβ̞le]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miserable" come from?
"miserable" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.