# musical

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmju.zɪ.kəl/ · frequency rank #2,955

## Definitions
1. Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
2. Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.
3. Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.
4. Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.

## Etymology
From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica (“music”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives); equivalent to music + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **musician** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/musical-vs-musician)
- **mystical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/musical-vs-mystical)
- **musically** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/musical-vs-musically)
- **music** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/music-vs-musical)
- **Muscat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muscat-vs-musical)
- **medical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medical-vs-musical)
- **magical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magical-vs-musical)

## Common misspellings (10)
`mmusical`, `msuical`, `muiscal`, `muscial`, `musiacl`, `musicall`, `musiccal`, `musicla`, `mussical`, `umsical`

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