mulato
[muˈlat̪o]
The verdict
“mulato” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #49,811 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #49,811
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aplícase a la persona que ha nacido de madre negra y padre blanco, o al contrario.
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 | mulato |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [muˈlat̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mulato” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mulato is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [muˈlat̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,811 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for mulato, with forms such as "mluato", "mmulato", and "mualto". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "multa", "muleta", "multado", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is mulato, spelled M-U-L-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Aplícase a la persona que ha nacido de madre negra y padre blanco, o al contrario.
- 2De color moreno.
- 3Dícese de lo que es moreno en su línea.
- 4Variante obsoleta de muleto.
- 5Mineral de plata de color oscuro o verde cobrizo.
- 6Especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Mimidae endémica de México. Es un ave canora de unos 25 cm de longitud. Los sexos son parecidos, con el plumaje gris azuloso oscuro y opaco; las partes ventrales más oscuras. Alrededor del ojo rojo, hay una máscara de plumas negras que se extiende desde la base del pico hasta las mejillas. El pico y las patas también son negros. Se distingue de su pariente cercano sureño, el mulato pechiblanco (Melanotis hypoleucus) por la ausencia de plumas blancas y la presencia de plumas erizadas en la garganta. El canto es similar al del cenzontle aliblanco (Mimus polyglottos), por lo que estas aves llegan a ser capturadas y domesticadas.
- 7(Pollalesta discolor) Árbol colombiano de hasta 8 m de altura, ramificado en la parte media superior, con tallos grisáceos y un poco rugosos, hojas alternadas y lanceoladas, y flores pequeñas agrupadas en cabezuelas con forma de parasol.
- 8Palo marimba.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mluato,mmulato,mualto,mulaot,mulatto,mullato,multao,umlato
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mulato - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “mulato”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-U-L-A-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [muˈlat̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “multa” - see the side-by-side comparison. mulato vs multa
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.