wonderful
The verdict
“wonderful” is an uncommon French word, ranked #53,069 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #53,069
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Merveilleux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wonderful |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wonderful” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for wonderful is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #53,069 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Merveilleux.".
Zero misspellings are on record for wonderful in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is wonderful, spelled W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Merveilleux.
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 “wonderful”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.