musgo

Name: musgo, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈmusɣ̞o]

/[ˈmusɣ̞o]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“musgo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #34,691. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,691
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,868
“M” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vegetal de la división de las briofitas, donde el gametofito es la generación dominante. Prolifera en lugares húmedos y sombríos, sobre todo en piedras y troncos de árboles, el suelo, inclusive en ...

Corpus desk

Index ES-musgo · musgo · Spanish

musgo · rank #34,691 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #34,691
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 3,868
PHOTO-FINISH musculatura

Nearest frequency peer: musculatura (-1 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.

murmullo

65,312
musculatura

65,311
musgo

65,310
Myanmar

65,309
mírate

65,308
negociable

65,307

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

musgo vs must

60% similar

musgo vs music

60% similar

musgo vs mutuo

60% similar

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

Key facts for musgo
Property	Value
Headword	musgo
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈmusɣ̞o]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#34,691
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “musgo”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).musgocae aquí:

#34,691

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “musculatura” (#34,690), “Myanmar” (#34,692), “murmullo” (#34,689). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “musgo” va en #34,691. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around musgo (IPA [ˈmusɣ̞o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,691 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for musgo, with forms such as "mmusgo", "msugo", and "mugso". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "must", "music", "mutuo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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

Definition

1
Vegetal de la división de las briofitas, donde el gametofito es la generación dominante. Prolifera en lugares húmedos y sombríos, sobre todo en piedras y troncos de árboles, el suelo, inclusive en agua, sea estancada o corriente.
2
Aglomeración superficial de plantas de este taxón en rocas o en cortezas de árboles.

This word in other languages

moss(English)mousse(Français)Moos(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

mmusgo
msugo
mugso
musggo
musog
mussgo
umsgo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of musgo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "musgo"

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 "musgo"?

"musgo" is spelled M-U-S-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmusɣ̞o].

What does "musgo" mean?

As a noun, "musgo" means: Vegetal de la división de las briofitas, donde el gametofito es la generación dominante. Prolifera en lugares húmedos y sombríos, sobre todo en piedras y troncos de árboles, el suelo, inclusive en ...

What words are commonly confused with "musgo"?

"musgo" is commonly confused with "must", "music", "mutuo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "musgo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "musgo" is [ˈmusɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "musgo" come from?

"musgo" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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