muelen

[ˈmwelẽn]

/[ˈmwelẽn]/ verb

The verdict

“muelen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,756 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,756
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de moler.

Corpus desk

Index ES-muelen · muelen · Spanish

muelen · rank #68,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,756
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH muestral

Nearest frequency peer: muestral (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “muelen”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “muelen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for muelen
PropertyValue
Headwordmuelen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmwelẽn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,756
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “muelen” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).muelencae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “muestral” (#68,757), “mostrare” (#68,754), “mura” (#68,758). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “muelen” va en #68,756. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

muelen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,756 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmwelẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de moler.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for muelen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is muelen, spelled M-U-E-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de moler.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muelen"?
"muelen" is spelled M-U-E-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmwelẽn].
What does "muelen" mean?
As a verb, "muelen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de moler.
How do you pronounce "muelen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muelen" is [ˈmwelẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muelen" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "muelen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list