muleta
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#37,738
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
muleta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Apoyo para el cuerpo humano diseñado con el propósito de asistir al caminar cuando una de las extremidades inferiores requiere soporte adicional durante el desplazamiento, comúnmente cuando el ser ... Pronounced [muˈlet̪a]. Often confused with multa and multas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muleta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [muˈlet̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #37,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for muleta is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [muˈlet̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,738 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for muleta, with forms such as "mlueta", "mmuleta", and "muelta". 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, "multa", "multas", "muñeca", 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 muleta, spelled M-U-L-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Apoyo para el cuerpo humano diseñado con el propósito de asistir al caminar cuando una de las extremidades inferiores requiere soporte adicional durante el desplazamiento, comúnmente cuando el ser humano sufre algún tipo de incapacidad para caminar con alguna de estas.
- 2Bastón o palo que lleva pendiente a lo largo un paño o capa, comúnmente encarnada, de que se sirve el torero para engañar al toro y hacerle bajar la cabeza cuando va a matarlo.
- 3Cosa que ayuda en parte a mantener otra.
- 4Porción pequeña de alimento que se suele tomar antes de la comida regular.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mlueta,mmuleta,muelta,muleat,muletta,mulleta,multea,umleta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
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Misspelling Variants of "muleta"
Frequency rank: #37,738 in Spanish
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