mula

/[ˈmula]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,906

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mula is aSpanishnoun. It means: Intoxicación producido por la ingesta de alcohol, que provoca una alteración de la conciencia y de las facultades mentales y físicas. Pronounced [ˈmula]. Often confused with muy and mun.

Key facts for mula
PropertyValue
Headwordmula
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmula]
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,906
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mula is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmula]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,906 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for mula, with forms such as "mlua", "mmula", and "mual". 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, "muy", "mun", "mur", 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 mula, spelled M-U-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Intoxicación producido por la ingesta de alcohol, que provoca una alteración de la conciencia y de las facultades mentales y físicas.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, sentimiento de turbación causado por sentir culpa, humillación o deshonra.
  3. 3
    Acción y efecto de mentir.
  4. 4
    Cojín que usan los cargadores.
  5. 5
    Ficha del dominó que lleva dos veces el mismo número.
  6. 6
    Mercadería invendible.
  7. 7
    (Syngnathus tenuirostris) Pez marino con bandas verticales claras y oscuras, cuerpo lateralmente comprimido muy alargado y hocico con forma de tubo.
  8. 8
    Varón que siente atracción sexual por personas de su mismo sexo biológico.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mlua,mmula,mual,mulla,umla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mula

Misspelling Variants of "mula"

mlua4mmula5mual4mulla5umla4
Misspelling Variants of "mula"

Frequency rank: #15,906 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mula"?
"mula" is spelled M-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmula].
What does "mula" mean?
As a noun, "mula" means: Intoxicación producido por la ingesta de alcohol, que provoca una alteración de la conciencia y de las facultades mentales y físicas.
What words are commonly confused with "mula"?
"mula" is commonly confused with "muy", "mun", "mur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mula"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mula" is [ˈmula]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mula" come from?
"mula" 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

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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.