musicianship

noun

"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
36,575
“M” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The skill of a musician or of a composer.

Key facts for musicianship
PropertyValue
Headwordmusicianship
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#48,913
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “musicianship” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around musicianship, anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,913 among 36,575 “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.

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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Using “musicianship”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-U-S-I-C-I-A-N-S-H-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list