mullett

noun

"mullett" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mullett” is uncommon English (frequency #99,599 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,599
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of mullet (“heraldic star”).

Key facts for mullett
PropertyValue
Headwordmullett
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#99,599
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mullett” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mullett lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mullett is uncommon English at frequency #99,599 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete spelling of mullet (“heraldic star”).".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mullett, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is mullett, spelled M-U-L-L-E-T-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of mullet (“heraldic star”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mullett"?
"mullett" is spelled M-U-L-L-E-T-T.
What does "mullett" mean?
As a noun, "mullett" means: Obsolete spelling of mullet (“heraldic star”).
What language does "mullett" come from?
"mullett" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “mullett”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-U-L-L-E-T-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list