mulo

[ˈmulo]

/[ˈmulo]/ noun

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The verdict

“mulo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,462 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,462
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Equus africanus asinus × E. caballus) Animal híbrido, producto del cruce entre un asno y una yegua. Su aspecto es intermedio entre las dos especies, con la cabeza, orejas y extremidades semejantes...

Corpus desk

Index ES-mulo · mulo · Spanish

mulo · rank #59,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,462
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH musicalidad

Nearest frequency peer: musicalidad (+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 “mulo”

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 “mulo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mulo
PropertyValue
Headwordmulo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmulo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#59,462
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “mulo” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.mulocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “musicalidad” (#59,463), “Morell” (#59,459), “múltiplos” (#59,465). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mulo” va en #59,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mulo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,462 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mulo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mulo, spelled M-U-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Equus africanus asinus × E. caballus) Animal híbrido, producto del cruce entre un asno y una yegua. Su aspecto es intermedio entre las dos especies, con la cabeza, orejas y extremidades semejantes a las de un asno y el tamaño, pelaje y dentadura de un caballo. Se crían por su combinación de la fuerza de un caballo y la resistencia y paso seguro de un asno, que las hacen útiles como animales de carga, particularmente en terrenos agrestes. La mayor parte de las mulas son estériles.
  2. 2
    (Equus caballus × E. africanus asinus) Por extensión, animal híbrido nacido de la cruza entre un caballo y una burra. Es más dificil de criar que la mula₁ y no tiene las mismas aptitudes como animal de carga.
  3. 3
    Persona que carga con el trabajo más pesado.
  4. 4
    Persona que transporta drogas ilegales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mulo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Es la mula de El Chapo.

Synonyms

burdéganoburreroburro

This word in other languages

mule(English)mulet(Français)Maultier(Deutsch)mula(Português)

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 "mulo"?
"mulo" is spelled M-U-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmulo].
What does "mulo" mean?
As a noun, "mulo" means: (Equus africanus asinus × E. caballus) Animal híbrido, producto del cruce entre un asno y una yegua. Su aspecto es intermedio entre las dos especies, con la cabeza, orejas y extremidades semejantes...
How do you pronounce "mulo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mulo" is [ˈmulo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mulo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

moor#59,457mitt#59,449miso#59,447meco#59,427

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list