mulier
/ˈmjuː.lɪə/
"mulier" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mulier” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A child born lawfully in wedlock, in distinction from an elder sibling born of the same parents before their marriage (bastard eigne).
Corpus desk
Index EN-mulier · mulier · English
mulier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | mulier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmjuː.lɪə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mulier” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mulier is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmjuː.lɪə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A child born lawfully in wedlock, in distinction from an elder sibling born of the same parents before their marriage (bastard eigne).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mulier, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin mulier (“woman”). The correct English form is mulier, spelled M-U-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A child born lawfully in wedlock, in distinction from an elder sibling born of the same parents before their marriage (bastard eigne).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mulier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or suppose an inquest were taken between us, and it were found that they are muliers, for which reason the voucher stood, and they came and pleaded the same exception to escape from warranting as heirs, then two inquests would be taken[…]
Etymology
From Latin mulier (“woman”).
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.