musing

noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

"musing" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“musing” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,643. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,643
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - thought, meditation, contemplation

Corpus desk

Index EN-musing · musing · English

musing · rank #46,643 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,643
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH multifamily

Nearest frequency peer: multifamily (-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 “musing”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “musing” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

musing vs mutiny
67% similar
musing vs muslin
67% similar
musing vs mustang
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for musing
PropertyValue
Headwordmusing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,643
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “musing”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).musinglands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “multifamily” (#46,642), “multicolored” (#46,641), “narc” (#46,645). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “musing” is #46,643. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around musing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,643 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "thought, meditation, contemplation".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for musing, with forms such as "mmusing", "msuing", and "muisng". 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. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "mutiny", "muslin", "mustang", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is musing, spelled M-U-S-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    thought, meditation, contemplation

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. daydreaming or imaginative musings

Synonyms

consideration

This word in other languages

pensativo(Español)pensée(Français)Grübeln(Deutsch)meditação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmusing
  • msuing
  • muisng
  • musign
  • musingg
  • musinng
  • musnig
  • mussing
  • umsing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmusing1msuing2muisng2musign2musingg1musinng1musnig2mussing1
Edit distance from "musing"

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 "musing"?
"musing" is spelled M-U-S-I-N-G.
What does "musing" mean?
As a noun, "musing" means: thought, meditation, contemplation
What words are commonly confused with "musing"?
"musing" is commonly confused with "mutiny", "muslin", "mustang". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "musing" come from?
"musing" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "musing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

monger#46,635offing#46,667meeker#46,615Pappas#46,677

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

parley9 variantsmartel9 variantsPavlov9 variantspeddler9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list