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How to spell musician

Musician is spelled M-U-S-I-C-I-A-N.

What it means: A person who plays an instrument or sings.

In a sentence: The musician played a happy tune on his guitar. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

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

Where it comes from: Musician comes from the Old French word “musicien,” based on Latin “musica” meaning music. The suffix “-ian” is added to show a person connected with a field, just like in “librarian” or “historian.”

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