música
[ˈmusika]
The verdict
“música” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #489 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #489
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arte que emplea el sonido y el silencio de manera organizada para producir un efecto estético o anímico.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | música |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmusika] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “música” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for música is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmusika]. Corpus data places it at rank #489 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for música, with forms such as "mmúsica", "msúica", and "múcica". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "músico", "musical", "músicos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is música, spelled M-Ú-S-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Arte que emplea el sonido y el silencio de manera organizada para producir un efecto estético o anímico.
- 2Pieza producida mediante este arte.
- 3Por extensión, sonido agradable o armonioso.
- 4Forma femenina de músico.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmúsica,msúica,múcica,múisca,múscia,músiac,músicca,mússica,úmsica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of música - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “música”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-Ú-S-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmusika] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “músico” - see the side-by-side comparison. música vs músico
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.