mulla
"mulla" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mulla” is uncommon English (frequency #73,461 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,461
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archaic form of mullah.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mulla · mulla · English
mulla · rank #73,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,461
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH MPV
Nearest frequency peer: MPV (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “mulla”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- motorcar
motorcar
26,544 corpus weight
- mown
mown
26,543 corpus weight
- MPV
MPV
26,542 corpus weight
- mulla
mulla
26,540 corpus weight
- muti
muti
26,538 corpus weight
- mycology
mycology
26,537 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mulla” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mulla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mulla” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mulla is uncommon English at frequency #73,461 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Archaic form of mullah.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mulla in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is mulla, spelled M-U-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Archaic form of mullah.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mulla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A certain Afridi being desirous to learn to read, went into a village to a Mulla and said to him, that it would be a great favour if he would give him lessons.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).