Musik
[muˈziːk]
The verdict
“Musik” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #412 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #412
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aus Klängen, Rhythmen und Melodien bestehende Form der Kunst
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Musik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [muˈziːk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Musik” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Musik is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [muˈziːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #412 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1aus Klängen, Rhythmen und Melodien bestehende Form der Kunst
- 2tonkünstlerisch komponiertes oder improvisiertes Werk
- 3aufgeführtes, hörbar gemachtes Musikstück
- 4die Aufführenden von Musik, Musikkapelle, Tanzkapelle
- 5ein Unterrichtsfach, Schulfach
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “Musik”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-U-S-I-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [muˈziːk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Muss” - see the side-by-side comparison. Musik vs Muss
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.