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How to spell music

hear itmu·sic/'mjuzɪk/nounSounds

What it means: Sounds that are pleasing and harmonious.

In a sentence: The music made everyone want to dance.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as musick or musci.

Same family: musical, musician, musically, musicology. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "music" comes from the Greek word "mousikē," which meant the art of the Muses, the ancient Greek goddesses of the arts. Over time, it narrowed in meaning to refer mainly to the art of sounds and melodies.

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