musing
adjective, noun, verb
musing is spelled M-U-S-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, musing means “Absorbed in thought; contemplative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in musing?
| Letters | 6: M-U-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is musing?
Musing appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce musing?
- US
Musing has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-musing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with musing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as musing.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: signum.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of musing
- more musing comparative
- most musing superlative
- musings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does musing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Absorbed in thought; contemplative
noun
- 1
thought, meditation, contemplation
daydreaming or imaginative musings
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of muse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Musing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | songeur, pensif , pensée |
| German | sinnend, grübelnd, nachgrübelnd, nachsinnend, nachbrütend , Grübeln |
| Portuguese | pensativo , pensamento, meditação, contemplação |
| Spanish | pensativo , contemplativo, absorto |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.