musta
verb
musta is spelled M-U-S-T-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, musta means “Contraction of must + have” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in musta?
| Letters | 5: M-U-S-T-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th 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 musta?
Musta appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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).
What does musta mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
colloquialContraction of must + have.
He musta guessed. There's no other explanation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does musta come from?
Written form of a reduction of must have.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).