musculature

noun

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"musculature" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“musculature” is uncommon English (frequency #50,688 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,688
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.

Corpus desk

Index EN-musculature · musculature · English

musculature · rank #50,688 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,688
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH murmured

Nearest frequency peer: murmured (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “musculature”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “musculature” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for musculature
PropertyValue
Headwordmusculature
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#50,688
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “musculature” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).musculaturefalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “murmured” (#50,687), “Mustapha” (#50,689), “multimodal” (#50,686). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “musculature” is #50,688. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

musculature is uncommon English at frequency #50,688 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for musculature, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French musculature. The correct English form is musculature, spelled M-U-S-C-U-L-A-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.
  2. 2
    The structural configuration of muscle in a body or organ.

Etymology

Borrowed from French musculature.

This word in other languages

musculatura(Español)musculature(Français)Muskulatur(Deutsch)cabedal(Português)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "musculature"?
"musculature" is spelled M-U-S-C-U-L-A-T-U-R-E.
What does "musculature" mean?
As a noun, "musculature" means: The collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.
What is the origin of the word "musculature"?
Borrowed from French musculature. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

misspelling#50,673opportunism#50,707photometric#50,720manoeuvring#50,652

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list