miracle

\mi.ʁɑkl\

/\mi.ʁɑkl\/ noun

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The verdict

“miracle” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,510. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,510
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acte de la puissance divine contraire aux lois connues de la nature.

Corpus desk

Index FR-miracle · miracle · French

miracle · rank #4,510 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,510
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mien

Nearest frequency peer: mien (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « miracle »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « miracle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

miracle vs morale
71% similar
miracle vs mirage
71% similar
miracle vs murale
71% similar

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

Key facts for miracle
PropertyValue
Headwordmiracle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.ʁɑkl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,510
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « miracle »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.miraclese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mien » (#4,509), « modifications » (#4,511), « Mathieu » (#4,508). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « miracle » est au #4,510. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around miracle (IPA \mi.ʁɑkl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,510 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Acte de la puissance divine contraire aux lois connues de la nature.
  2. 2
    Acte extraordinaire, en apparence impossible, attribué à Jésus dans les évangiles.
  3. 3
    Chose extraordinaire ou hasard merveilleux, du fait qu’un événement devait naturellement arriver et cependant n’est pas arrivé, ou inversement.
  4. 4
    Ce qui fait naître l’étonnement, l’admiration.
  5. 5
    Qui va tout régler, qui va tout guérir.
  6. 6
    Récit basé sur la vie des saints.
  7. 7
    Représentation théâtrales basées sur la vie des saints.
  8. 8
    Accident, maladresse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how miracle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dépourvu d'explication scientifique, le miracle et un fait extraordinaire, surnaturel, attribué à Dieu.
  2. Peut-être dira-t-on que si les miracles ne sont pas physiquement impossibles, ils le sont du moins moralement, comme étant contraires à la sagesse et à la majesté de l’Etre suprême.

This word in other languages

miracle(English)milagro(Español)Wunder(Deutsch)milagre(Português)

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.

imracle2miarcle2miraccle1miracel2miraclle1miralce2mircale2mirracle1
Edit distance from "miracle"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "miracle"?
"miracle" is spelled M-I-R-A-C-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.ʁɑkl\.
What does "miracle" mean?
As a noun, "miracle" means: Acte de la puissance divine contraire aux lois connues de la nature.
What words are commonly confused with "miracle"?
"miracle" is commonly confused with "morale", "mirage", "murale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "miracle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miracle" is \mi.ʁɑkl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miracle" come from?
"miracle" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mathieu#4,508marquée#4,507optique#4,514malheur#4,503

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

joindre10 variantsintense10 variantsToronto10 variantsviendra10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list