# mullet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmʌlɪt/ · frequency rank #30,147

## Definitions
1. A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).
2. A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes) (grey mullets).
3. Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family (especially in the genus Moxostoma, redhorses)

## Etymology
From Middle English molet, mulett, from Old French mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from Latin mullus (“red mullet”), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

## Easily confused with
- **muppet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mullet-vs-muppet)
- **musket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mullet-vs-musket)
- **mule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mule-vs-mullet)
- **mull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-mullet)
- **mules** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mules-vs-mullet)
- **mille** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mille-vs-mullet)
- **Miller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miller-vs-mullet)
- **muller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muller-vs-mullet)
- **mullen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mullen-vs-mullet)
- **Mulder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mulder-vs-mullet)
- **mallet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mallet-vs-mullet)
- **millet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-mullet)
- **milled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milled-vs-mullet)
- **mullah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mullah-vs-mullet)
- **Mueller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mueller-vs-mullet)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mlulet`, `mmullet`, `mulelt`, `mulet`, `mullett`, `mullte`, `umllet`

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