# musk vs musket

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### musk
*noun · IPA /mʌsk/ · frequency rank #15,223*
A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.

### musket
*noun · IPA /ˈmʌskət/ · frequency rank #32,931*
A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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