musicianship

noun

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"musicianship" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“musicianship” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,913
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The skill of a musician or of a composer.

Corpus desk

Index EN-musicianship · musicianship · English

musicianship · rank #48,913 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,913
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Napster

Nearest frequency peer: Napster (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “musicianship”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “musicianship” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for musicianship
PropertyValue
Headwordmusicianship
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#48,913
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “musicianship”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).musicianshiplands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Napster” (#48,914), “multicast” (#48,911), “narco” (#48,915). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “musicianship” is #48,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around musicianship, anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,913 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The skill of a musician or of a composer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for musicianship, with forms such as "mmusicianship", "msuicianship", and "muiscianship". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From musician + -ship. The correct English form is musicianship, spelled M-U-S-I-C-I-A-N-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The skill of a musician or of a composer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how musicianship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Strung Out's signature energy and musicianship is still kicking it hard, finding the members performing as good as ever," Sputnik Music wrote of this Los Angeles punk band […] .

Etymology

From musician + -ship.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmusicianship
  • msuicianship
  • muiscianship
  • musciianship
  • musicainship
  • musiccianship
  • musicianhsip
  • musiciannship
  • musicianshhip
  • musicianshipp
  • musicianshpi
  • musiciansihp
  • musiciansship
  • musiciasnhip
  • musicinaship
  • musiicanship
  • mussicianship
  • umsicianship

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of musicianship - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmusicianship1msuicianship2muiscianship2musciianship2musicainship2musiccianship1musicianhsip2musiciannship1
Edit distance from "musicianship"

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 "musicianship"?
"musicianship" is spelled M-U-S-I-C-I-A-N-S-H-I-P.
What does "musicianship" mean?
As a noun, "musicianship" means: The skill of a musician or of a composer.
What are common misspellings of "musicianship"?
Common misspellings include "mmusicianship", "msuicianship", "muiscianship", "musciianship", "musicainship". The correct spelling is "musicianship".
What is the origin of the word "musicianship"?
From musician + -ship. 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 "musicianship", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

minimization#48,899marksmanship#48,885magnetically#48,875pacification#48,952

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

nullification18 variantsperceptible18 variantsprintmaking18 variantsSandringham18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list