muelle
[ˈmweʝe]
The verdict
“muelle” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,843. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,843
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Delicado, suave, blando.
Corpus desk
Index ES-muelle · muelle · Spanish
muelle · rank #8,843 · 6 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,843
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH molino
Nearest frequency peer: molino (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “muelle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- milenio
milenio
91,161 corpus weight
- ministerios
ministerios
91,160 corpus weight
- molino
molino
91,159 corpus weight
- muelle
muelle
91,158 corpus weight
- nativo
nativo
91,157 corpus weight
- Núñez
Núñez
91,155 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “muelle” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muelle |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmweʝe] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “muelle” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around muelle (IPA [ˈmweʝe]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,843 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for muelle, with forms such as "meulle", "mmuelle", and "muele". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "muere", "mueve", "muerte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is muelle, spelled M-U-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Delicado, suave, blando.
- 2Voluptuoso.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- meulle
- mmuelle
- muele
- muelel
- mulele
- umelle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of muelle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "muelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "muelle". Here's where to go from here.
- "muelle" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "muere". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,843 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.