musical

/mu.zi.ˈkaɫ/

//mu.zi.ˈkaɫ// adj

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The verdict

“musical” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,018. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,018
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à música

Corpus desk

Index PT-musical · musical · Portuguese

musical · rank #2,018 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,018
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH le

Nearest frequency peer: le (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “musical”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “musical” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

musical vs munição
43% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for musical
PropertyValue
Headwordmusical
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/mu.zi.ˈkaɫ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,018
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “musical”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).musicalcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “le” (#2,016), “parede” (#2,020), “inferno” (#2,015). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “musical” fica em #2,018. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around musical (IPA /mu.zi.ˈkaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,018 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for musical, with forms such as "mmusical", "msuical", and "muiscal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "munição", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 Portuguese form is musical, spelled M-U-S-I-C-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo à música
  2. 2
    que tem vocação para a música
  3. 3
    agradável de ouvir-se

Synonyms

harmoniosomelodioso

This word in other languages

musical(English)musical(Español)musical(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmusical
  • msuical
  • muiscal
  • muscial
  • musiacl
  • musicall
  • musiccal
  • musicla
  • mussical
  • umsical

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of musical - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmusical1msuical2muiscal2muscial2musiacl2musicall1musiccal1musicla2
Edit distance from "musical"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "musical"?
"musical" is spelled M-U-S-I-C-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /mu.zi.ˈkaɫ/.
What does "musical" mean?
As an adjective, "musical" means: relativo à música
What words are commonly confused with "musical"?
"musical" is commonly confused with "munição". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "musical"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "musical" is /mu.zi.ˈkaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "musical" come from?
"musical" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inferno#2,015ataques#2,035decreto#2,041divisão#2,045

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

esporte10 variantsestrela10 variantsperdido10 variantsrecente10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list