Which to use
“miracles” and “murales” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,889
- “miracles” frequency rank
- #23,618
- “murales” frequency rank
- 32507
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | miracles | murales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de miracle. | Pluriel de murale. |
Where the eye mixes miracles and murales
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: miracles vs murales
A purely visual mix-up. miracles (\mi.ʁakl\) and murales (\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 32507, 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\. murales is at rank #23,618, 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 32507, this pair ranks #296,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of miracles vs murales
Shared letters: aelmrs. Private to "miracles": ci. Private to "murales": u.
"miracles" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "murales" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "miracles" for "murales" ever safe?
Which is more common, "miracles" or "murales"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "miracles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "murales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #296,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "miracles" and "murales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mirages vs murales". 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 #296,807 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.