músico

/[ˈmusiko]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,088

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

músico is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona cuyos conocimientos le permiten componer y/o ejecutar piezas musicales. Pronounced [ˈmusiko]. It ranks #6,088 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with muslo and músicos.

Key facts for músico
PropertyValue
Headwordmúsico
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmusiko]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,088
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of músico in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for músico is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmusiko]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,088 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona cuyos conocimientos le permiten componer y/o ejecutar piezas musicales.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for músico, with forms such as "mmúsico", "msúico", and "múcico". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "muslo", "músicos", "murió", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is músico, spelled M-Ú-S-I-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona cuyos conocimientos le permiten componer y/o ejecutar piezas musicales.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmúsico,msúico,múcico,múisco,múscio,músicco,músioc,mússico,úmsico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for músico

Misspelling Variants of "músico"

mmúsico7msúico6múcico6múisco6múscio6músicco7músioc6mússico7
Misspelling Variants of "músico"

Frequency rank: #6,088 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "músico"?
"músico" is spelled M-Ú-S-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmusiko].
What does "músico" mean?
As a noun, "músico" means: Persona cuyos conocimientos le permiten componer y/o ejecutar piezas musicales.
What words are commonly confused with "músico"?
"músico" is commonly confused with "muslo", "músicos", "murió". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "músico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "músico" is [ˈmusiko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "músico" come from?
"músico" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.