Musik

[muˈziːk]

/[muˈziːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Musik” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#412
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Klängen, Rhythmen und Melodien bestehende Form der Kunst

Corpus desk

Index DE-musik · Musik · German

Musik · rank #412 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #412
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mag

Nearest frequency peer: mag (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Musik“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Musik“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Musik vs Muss
60% similar
Musik vs must
40% similar
Musik vs musst
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Musik
PropertyValue
HeadwordMusik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[muˈziːk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#412
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Musik“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Musikliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „mag“ (#411), „München“ (#413), „hinter“ (#410). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Musik“ bei #412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Musik (IPA [muˈziːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #412 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Musik, with forms such as "mmusik", "msuik", and "muisk". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Muss", "must", "musst", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Musik, spelled M-U-S-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus Klängen, Rhythmen und Melodien bestehende Form der Kunst
  2. 2
    tonkünstlerisch komponiertes oder improvisiertes Werk
  3. 3
    aufgeführtes, hörbar gemachtes Musikstück
  4. 4
    die Aufführenden von Musik, Musikkapelle, Tanzkapelle
  5. 5
    ein Unterrichtsfach, Schulfach

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Musik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Würde der Kunst ist bei bei der Musik vielleicht am eminentesten, weil sie keinen Stoff hat, der abgerechnet werden müßte. Sie ist ganz Form und Gehalt …“ (Goethe, nach Hans Renner: „Grundlagen der Musik, Musiklehre“, Stuttgart 1953, Seite 5)
  2. Die Musik erklingt.

Synonyms

TonkunstBegleitungKompositionTonreichVertonung(Musik)StückMuckeBandEnsembleFormationGruppeKapelleOrchesterSpielmannszugMusikunterricht

This word in other languages

music(English)música(Español)musique(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmusik
  • msuik
  • muisk
  • musikk
  • muski
  • mussik
  • umsik

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Musik - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmusik1msuik2muisk2musikk1muski2mussik1umsik2
Edit distance from "Musik"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Musik"?
"Musik" is spelled M-U-S-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [muˈziːk].
What does "Musik" mean?
As a noun, "Musik" means: aus Klängen, Rhythmen und Melodien bestehende Form der Kunst
What words are commonly confused with "Musik"?
"Musik" is commonly confused with "Muss", "must", "musst". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Musik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Musik" is [muˈziːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Musik" come from?
"Musik" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Musik", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alten#416Abend#405Junge#419essen#402

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

zeigt7 variantsfinde7 variantsgenug7 variantsMänner7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list