Which to use
“miracle” and “murale” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,510
- “miracle” frequency rank
- #22,010
- “murale” frequency rank
- 26520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | miracle | murale |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acte de la puissance divine contraire aux lois connues de la nature. | Fresque, peinture murale. |
Where the eye mixes miracle and murale
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. miracle runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against murale's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between miracle and murale
A purely visual mix-up. miracle (\mi.ʁɑkl\) and murale (\my.ʁal\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26520, 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\. murale is at rank #22,010, tagged as anoun, pronounced \my.ʁal\.
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 26520, this pair ranks #334,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of miracle vs murale
Shared letters: aelmr. Private to "miracle": ci. Private to "murale": u.
"miracle" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "murale" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "miracle" for "murale" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "miracle" and "murale" 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 "murale" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #334,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "miracle" and "murale" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mugabe vs murale". 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 #334,488 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.