muela

/[ˈmwela]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,412

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

muela is aSpanishnoun. It means: Disco de piedra que girando sobre otro o sobre la solera, muele lo que se interpone entre ambas piedras. Pronounced [ˈmwela]. Often confused with musa and mula.

Key facts for muela
PropertyValue
Headwordmuela
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmwela]
Letters5
Frequency rank#21,412
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of muela in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for muela is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmwela]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,412 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for muela, with forms such as "meula", "mmuela", and "mueal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "musa", "mula", "muere", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is muela, spelled M-U-E-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disco de piedra que girando sobre otro o sobre la solera, muele lo que se interpone entre ambas piedras.
  2. 2
    Piedra de asperón en forma de disco, que, al hacerla girar, se usa para afilar cualquier clase de herramientas.
  3. 3
    Cada uno de los dientes que van detras de los caninos y premolares, cuya función es moler los alimentos masticados.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: meula,mmuela,mueal,muella,mulea,umela

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for muela

Misspelling Variants of "muela"

meula5mmuela6mueal5muella6mulea5umela5
Misspelling Variants of "muela"

Frequency rank: #21,412 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muela"?
"muela" is spelled M-U-E-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmwela].
What does "muela" mean?
As a noun, "muela" means: Disco de piedra que girando sobre otro o sobre la solera, muele lo que se interpone entre ambas piedras.
What words are commonly confused with "muela"?
"muela" is commonly confused with "musa", "mula", "muere". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muela"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muela" is [ˈmwela]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muela" come from?
"muela" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.