musqué

adj

The verdict

“musqué” is uncommon French (frequency #64,632 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,632
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui rappelle l'odeur du musc.

Key facts for musqué
PropertyValue
Headwordmusqué
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,632
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “musqué” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). musqué lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

musqué is uncommon French at frequency #64,632 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for musqué in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is musqué, spelled M-U-S-Q-U-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui rappelle l'odeur du musc.
  2. 2
    Qui rappelle le goût du muscat.
  3. 3
    Qui a trop d’apprêt, de recherche, qui affecte les ornements futiles.

This word in other languages

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 "musqué"?
"musqué" is spelled M-U-S-Q-U-É.
What does "musqué" mean?
As an adjective, "musqué" means: Qui rappelle l'odeur du musc.
What language does "musqué" come from?
"musqué" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “musqué”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-U-S-Q-U-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list