musical instrument
"musical-instrument" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“musical instrument” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | musical instrument |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “musical instrument” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
musical instrument is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for musical instrument, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English musical instrumentis pl, musicalle instrumentes pl. The correct English form is musical instrument, spelled M-U-S-I-C-A-L- -I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds.
Etymology
From Middle English musical instrumentis pl, musicalle instrumentes pl.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-U-S-I-C-A-L- -I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.