miracle
\mi.ʁɑkl\
The verdict
“miracle” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,510 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,510
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acte de la puissance divine contraire aux lois connues de la nature.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | miracle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.ʁɑkl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “miracle” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for miracle is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mi.ʁɑkl\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,510 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for miracle, with forms such as "imracle", "miarcle", and "miraccle". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "morale", "mirage", "murale", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is miracle, spelled M-I-R-A-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1Acte de la puissance divine contraire aux lois connues de la nature.
- 2Acte extraordinaire, en apparence impossible, attribué à Jésus dans les évangiles.
- 3Chose extraordinaire ou hasard merveilleux, du fait qu’un événement devait naturellement arriver et cependant n’est pas arrivé, ou inversement.
- 4Ce qui fait naître l’étonnement, l’admiration.
- 5Qui va tout régler, qui va tout guérir.
- 6Récit basé sur la vie des saints.
- 7Représentation théâtrales basées sur la vie des saints.
- 8Accident, maladresse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imracle,miarcle,miraccle,miracel,miraclle,miralce,mircale,mirracle,mmiracle,mriacle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miracle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “miracle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-I-R-A-C-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mi.ʁɑkl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “morale” - see the side-by-side comparison. miracle vs morale
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.