Muscel or muscle?
Did you mean muscle? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: muscle. Misspelling: muscel.
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Memory tip
It ends in -cle with a silent C: mus-CLE.
Why people write “muscel”
The misspelling “muscel” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of L and E.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make muscle automatic.
What does “muscle” mean?
muscle noun
- one of the contractile organs of the body
Synonyms:musculus
- animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
Synonyms:
- a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
“the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him”
Synonyms:muscleman
- authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)
“the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign”
muscle verb
- make one's way by force
“He muscled his way into the office”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Muscle” in a sentence
- He pulled a muscle in his leg.
- The drug lord had his muscleman to protect him.
- The senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign.
- He muscled his way into the office.
Is “muscle” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 14 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“muscel” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from MUSCLE.