muleteer
/ˌmjuːləˈtɪə(ɹ)/
"muleteer" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“muleteer” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mule driver.
Corpus desk
Index EN-muleteer · muleteer · English
muleteer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muleteer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmjuːləˈtɪə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “muleteer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
muleteer is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌmjuːləˈtɪə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mule driver.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for muleteer, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French muletier, from mulet (“mule”), with the spelling influenced by English mule + -eer. The correct English form is muleteer, spelled M-U-L-E-T-E-E-R.
Definition
- 1A mule driver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how muleteer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This was a tender point with the muleteer; his honour was wounded when his mules were treated with disrespect, and he would have received a blow, perhaps, with more meekness.
There was a muleteer to every donkey and a dozen volunteers beside, and they banged the donkeys with their goad-sticks, and pricked them with their spikes, and shouted something that sounded like "Sekki-yah!" and kept up a din and a racket that was worse than Bedlam itself.
Etymology
From French muletier, from mulet (“mule”), with the spelling influenced by English mule + -eer.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.