musou
noun
musou is spelled M-U-S-O-U: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, musou means “A subgenre of hack-and-slash usually involving fighting hundreds of enemies simultaneously in a mazelike 3D world, or an individual game in this…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of musou is musous.
How many letters and syllables are in musou?
| Letters | 5: M-U-S-O-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is musou?
Musou appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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).
Forms of musou
- musous plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does musou mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A subgenre of hack-and-slash usually involving fighting hundreds of enemies simultaneously in a mazelike 3D world, or an individual game in this genre (especially a game in the Warriors franchise).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does musou come from?
From Japanese 無双 (musō, “unrivaled”), the final word in the title of the 2000 game 真・三國無双 (Shin Sangokumusō, "True Three Kingdoms Unrivaled"), released in English territories as Dynasty Warriors 2.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).