musculoso

[muskuˈloso]

/[muskuˈloso]/ adj

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The verdict

“musculoso” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,010. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,010
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una parte del cuerpo: Que tiene músculos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-musculoso · musculoso · Spanish

musculoso · rank #31,010 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,010
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH moratoria

Nearest frequency peer: moratoria (-2 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “musculoso”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “musculoso” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

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).

musculoso vs músculo
67% similar
musculoso vs músculos
78% similar

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

Key facts for musculoso
PropertyValue
Headwordmusculoso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[muskuˈloso]
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,010
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “musculoso”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).musculosocae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “moratoria” (#31,008), “máxime” (#31,012), “nacemos” (#31,013). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “musculoso” va en #31,010. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around musculoso (IPA [muskuˈloso]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,010 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for musculoso, with forms such as "mmusculoso", "msuculoso", and "mucsuloso". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "músculo", "músculos", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is musculoso, spelled M-U-S-C-U-L-O-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de una parte del cuerpo: Que tiene músculos.
  2. 2
    Que tiene los músculos muy abultados y visibles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. «Boca.- Se halla limitada por las dos mandíbulas y los labios y está tapizada por la mucosa bucal. En la boca hay la lengua, órgano musculoso, y los dientes, piezas duras implantadas en los alvéolos dentarios que, ayudados por la lengua, están destinados a la trituración de los alimentos con objeto de facilitar la digestión química».
  2. «Los primeros datos sobre su identidad los aportarían los forenses. Quien quiera que hubiera sido en vida, dijeron, se trataba de un varón de entre 25 y 40 años. Medía un metro sesenta y pesaba unos 50 kilos. Debió ser delgado y más bien musculoso. Todo lo demás eran especulaciones».

Synonyms

fornidolacertoso

This word in other languages

muscular(English)musclé(Français)muskulös(Deutsch)musculoso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmusculoso
  • msuculoso
  • mucsuloso
  • muscculoso
  • muscluoso
  • musculloso
  • musculoos
  • musculosso
  • musculsoo
  • muscuolso
  • mussculoso
  • musucloso
  • umsculoso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of musculoso - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmusculoso1msuculoso2mucsuloso2muscculoso1muscluoso2musculloso1musculoos2musculosso1
Edit distance from "musculoso"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "musculoso"?
"musculoso" is spelled M-U-S-C-U-L-O-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [muskuˈloso].
What does "musculoso" mean?
As an adjective, "musculoso" means: Dicho de una parte del cuerpo: Que tiene músculos.
What words are commonly confused with "musculoso"?
"musculoso" is commonly confused with "músculo", "músculos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "musculoso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "musculoso" is [muskuˈloso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "musculoso" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

moratoria#31,008mandarina#30,995pedófilos#31,048invalidez#30,970

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

networks13 variantslevantes13 variantspenúltima13 variantsprocedan13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list