Which to use
“miracle” and “miracles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,510
- “miracle” frequency rank
- #8,889
- “miracles” frequency rank
- 13399
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | miracle | miracles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acte de la puissance divine contraire aux lois connues de la nature. | Pluriel de miracle. |
Where the eye mixes miracle and miracles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between miracle and miracles
A purely visual mix-up. miracle (\mi.ʁɑkl\) and miracles (\mi.ʁakl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “miracle” sits inside “miracles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
miracle is recorded at frequency rank #4,510, classified as anoun, pronounced \mi.ʁɑkl\. miracles is at rank #8,889, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.ʁakl\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 13399, this pair ranks #401,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of miracle vs miracles
Shared letters: aceilmr. Private to "miracle": -. Private to "miracles": s.
"miracle" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "miracles" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "miracle" and "miracles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "miracle" vs "miracles" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "miracle" and "miracles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "miracle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "miracles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "miracle" and "miracles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miracles vs mirages". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #401,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.