# music

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmjuːzɪk/ · frequency rank #279

## Definitions
1. A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.
2. Any interesting or pleasing sounds.
3. An art form, created by organizing pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and/or singing.
4. A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
5. Electronic signal jamming.
6. Heated argument.
7. Fun; amusement.

## Etymology
From Middle English musik, musike, borrowed from Anglo-Norman musik, musike, Old French musique, and their source Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ), from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”), an Ancient Greek deity of the arts. By surface analysis, muse + -ic (“pertaining to”). In this sense, displaced native Old English drēam (“music”), whence Modern English dream.

## Easily confused with
- **must** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/music-vs-must)
- **musk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/music-vs-musk)
- **musty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/music-vs-musty)
- **Muslim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/music-vs-muslim)
- **mystic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/music-vs-mystic)
- **muslin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/music-vs-muslin)
- **musing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/music-vs-musing)
- **musical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/music-vs-musical)
- **mic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mic-vs-music)
- **MSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/msi-vs-music)
- **muse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muse-vs-music)
- **muir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muir-vs-music)
- **Musa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/musa-vs-music)
- **mush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mush-vs-music)
- **muni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muni-vs-music)
- **magic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magic-vs-music)
- **mimic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mimic-vs-music)
- **medic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-music)
- **manic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manic-vs-music)
- **Matic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matic-vs-music)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmusic`, `msuic`, `muisc`, `musci`, `musicc`, `mussic`, `umsic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/music