Mullingar
/ˌmʌlɪnˈɡɑː(ɹ)/
"mullingar" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mullingar” is uncommon English (frequency #76,140 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,140
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town and civil parish, the county town of County Westmeath, Ireland.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mullingar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌmʌlɪnˈɡɑː(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mullingar” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mullingar is uncommon English at frequency #76,140 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌmʌlɪnˈɡɑː(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Mullingar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Muileann gCearr (literally “crooked mill”). The correct English form is Mullingar, spelled M-U-L-L-I-N-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1A town and civil parish, the county town of County Westmeath, Ireland.
- 2A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Meeting Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 3A locality, a suburb of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
Etymology
From Irish Muileann gCearr (literally “crooked mill”).
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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Using “Mullingar”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-U-L-L-I-N-G-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌmʌlɪnˈɡɑː(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.