mules
/mjuːlz/verb, noun
mules is spelled M-U-L-E-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, mules means “To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mules?
| Letters | 5: M-U-L-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is mules?
Mules appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mules?
- /mjuːlz/
Mules has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mules.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mules
- muleses present, singular, he/she/it
- mulesing participle, present
- mulesed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mules mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.
- 2
third-person singular simple present indicative of mule
noun
- 1
plural of mule
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mules come from?
From the surname of the procedure's inventor, John Mules.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).