Which to use
“miracles” and “mirages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,889
- “miracles” frequency rank
- #43,014
- “mirages” frequency rank
- 51903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | miracles | mirages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de miracle. | Pluriel de mirage. |
Where the eye mixes miracles and mirages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between miracles and mirages
A purely visual mix-up. miracles (\mi.ʁakl\) and mirages (\mi.ʁaʒ\) 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 51903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
miracles is recorded at frequency rank #8,889, classified as anoun, pronounced \mi.ʁakl\. mirages is at rank #43,014, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.ʁaʒ\.
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 51903, this pair ranks #151,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of miracles vs mirages
Shared letters: aeimrs. Private to "miracles": cl. Private to "mirages": g.
"miracles" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "mirages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "miracles" for "mirages" ever safe?
Frequency check: "miracles" vs "mirages" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "miracles" and "mirages" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "miracles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mirages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "miracles" and "mirages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mirages vs mitigés". 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 #151,594 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.