# mulatto

> English word · Noun · IPA /mʊˈlɑtoʊ/ · frequency rank #48,910

## Definitions
1. A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.

## Common misspellings (8)
`mluatto`, `mmulatto`, `mualtto`, `mulato`, `mulatot`, `mullatto`, `multato`, `umlatto`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mulatto