musicologie

\my.zi.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\

/\my.zi.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“musicologie” is uncommon French (frequency #56,125 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,125
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Science de la musique (histoire, esthétique, théorie).

Corpus desk

Index FR-musicologie · musicologie · French

musicologie · rank #56,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,125
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH méthanol

Nearest frequency peer: méthanol (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « musicologie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « musicologie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for musicologie
PropertyValue
Headwordmusicologie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\my.zi.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#56,125
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « musicologie » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.musicologietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « méthanol » (#56,126), « Muir » (#56,123), « méticuleuse » (#56,127). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « musicologie » est au #56,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

musicologie is uncommon French at frequency #56,125 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \my.zi.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Science de la musique (histoire, esthétique, théorie).".

musicologie has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is musicologie, spelled M-U-S-I-C-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Science de la musique (histoire, esthétique, théorie).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. M. Brebisson fils continue avec succès la publication des mousses de la Normandie, collection destinée à faciliter l'étude de la musicologie de la France, et qui se composera de 8 fascicules, in-8° ; prix, 3 fr.
  2. Monk avait-il de la « technique » ? Notons au passage que le simple énoncé de la question illustre un fait affligeant mais pourtant incontestable : la musicologie est de toutes les sciences d’analyse artistique de loin la plus réactionnaire et obtuse. Questionne-t-on la « technique » du Douanier rousseau ? De Paul Klee ?

This word in other languages

musicology(English)musicología(Español)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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "musicologie"?
"musicologie" is spelled M-U-S-I-C-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \my.zi.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\.
What does "musicologie" mean?
As a noun, "musicologie" means: Science de la musique (histoire, esthétique, théorie).
How do you pronounce "musicologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "musicologie" is \my.zi.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "musicologie" come from?
"musicologie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

méticuleuse#56,127montagnarde#56,119monothéisme#56,118Mississauga#56,112

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list