musculature
noun
musculature is spelled M-U-S-C-U-L-A-T-U-R-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, musculature means “The collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of musculature is musculatures.
How many letters and syllables are in musculature?
| Letters | 11: M-U-S-C-U-L-A-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is musculature?
Musculature appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce musculature?
Musculature has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of musculature
- musculatures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does musculature mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.
- 2
The structural configuration of muscle in a body or organ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Musculature in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense collection of muscles:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | musculature |
| German | Muskulatur |
| Portuguese | musculatura, cabedal |
| Spanish | musculatura |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does musculature come from?
Borrowed from French musculature.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).