# musket vs mussel

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.

### mussel
*noun · IPA /ˈmʌsəl/ · frequency rank #39,926*
Any of several groups of bivalve shellfish with elongated, asymmetrical shells.

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