Which to use
“mulato” is an adjective and “mulatos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,811
- “mulato” frequency rank
- #49,154
- “mulatos” frequency rank
- 98965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mulato | mulatos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aplícase a la persona que ha nacido de madre negra y padre blanco, o al contrario. | Forma del plural de mulato. |
Where the eye mixes mulato and mulatos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mulato runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against mulatos's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mulato vs mulatos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mulato is [muˈlat̪o] while mulatos is [muˈlat̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mulato” sits inside “mulatos”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 98965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mulato is recorded at frequency rank #49,811, classified as anadj, pronounced [muˈlat̪o]. mulatos is at rank #49,154, tagged as anoun, pronounced [muˈlat̪os].
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 98965, this pair ranks #34 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mulato vs mulatos
Shared letters: almotu. Private to "mulato": -. Private to "mulatos": s.
"mulato" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mulatos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mulato" and "mulatos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mulato" vs "mulatos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mulato" and "mulatos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mulato" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mulatos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mulato" and "mulatos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mudamos vs mulatos". 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 #34 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.