mulavsmulasConfusable pair

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“mula” and “mulas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,906
“mula” frequency rank
#24,240
“mulas” frequency rank
40146
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mula mulas
Definition Intoxicación producido por la ingesta de alcohol, que provoca una alteración de la conciencia y de las facultades mentales y físicas. Forma del plural de mula.

Where the eye mixes mula and mulas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
mula
5 ch
mulas

Look-alike desk: mula vs mulas

A purely visual mix-up. mula ([ˈmula]) and mulas ([ˈmulas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mula” sits inside “mulas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mula is recorded at frequency rank #15,906, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmula]. mulas is at rank #24,240, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmulas].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 40146, this pair ranks #160,637 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mula vs mulas

Shared letters: almu. Private to "mula": -. Private to "mulas": s.

"mula" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mulas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mulamlua · mmula · mual · mulla · umla
  • mulasmluas · mmulas · muals · mulass · mullas · mulsa · umlas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mula" and "mulas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmula] versus [ˈmulas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mula" or "mulas"?
"mula" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,906 in our Spanish list, against #24,240 for "mulas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mula" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mulas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #160,637 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mula" and "mulas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mulas vs mulato". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #160,637 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list