musicología

[musikoloˈxia]

/[musikoloˈxia]/ noun

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The verdict

“musicología” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,135 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,135
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rama de la ciencia que estudia la teoría, historia de la música, o la naturaleza física del sonido relativa a lo anterior.

Corpus desk

Index ES-musicologia · musicología · Spanish

musicología · rank #72,135 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,135
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH Musso

Nearest frequency peer: Musso (+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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “musicología”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “musicología” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for musicología
PropertyValue
Headwordmusicología
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[musikoloˈxia]
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,135
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “musicología” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.musicologíacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Musso” (#72,136), “multitudinarios” (#72,133), “muñequito” (#72,137). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “musicología” va en #72,135. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

musicología is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,135 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [musikoloˈxia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rama de la ciencia que estudia la teoría, historia de la música, o la naturaleza física del sonido relativa a lo anterior.".

musicología has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is musicología, spelled M-U-S-I-C-O-L-O-G-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rama de la ciencia que estudia la teoría, historia de la música, o la naturaleza física del sonido relativa a lo anterior.

This word in other languages

musicology(English)musicologie(Français)Musikwissenschaft(Deutsch)musicologia(Português)

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 "musicología"?
"musicología" is spelled M-U-S-I-C-O-L-O-G-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [musikoloˈxia].
What does "musicología" mean?
As a noun, "musicología" means: Rama de la ciencia que estudia la teoría, historia de la música, o la naturaleza física del sonido relativa a lo anterior.
How do you pronounce "musicología"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "musicología" is [musikoloˈxia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "musicología" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list