mulet

/\my.lɛ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,921

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mulet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Équidé mâle né d’un âne et d’une jument, ou d’un cheval et d’une ânesse (on dit plus précisément dans ce cas bardot), et généralement stérile. Pronounced \my.lɛ\. Often confused with muse and must.

Key facts for mulet
PropertyValue
Headwordmulet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\my.lɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#32,921
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mulet in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mulet is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \my.lɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #32,921 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for mulet, with forms such as "mluet", "mmulet", and "muelt". 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, "muse", "must", "mûre", 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 French form is mulet, spelled M-U-L-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Équidé mâle né d’un âne et d’une jument, ou d’un cheval et d’une ânesse (on dit plus précisément dans ce cas bardot), et généralement stérile.
  2. 2
    Tout animal qui provient de deux animaux de différentes espèces.
  3. 3
    Toute plante issue d’une semence fécondée par le pollen d’une plante d’une autre espèce. → voir hybride
  4. 4
    Style de coupe de cheveux dit « nuque longue ». → voir à la Bressant
  5. 5
    Vélo de rechange.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mluet,mmulet,muelt,mulett,mullet,multe,umlet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mulet

Misspelling Variants of "mulet"

mluet5mmulet6muelt5mulett6mullet6multe5umlet5
Misspelling Variants of "mulet"

Frequency rank: #32,921 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mulet"?
"mulet" is spelled M-U-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \my.lɛ\.
What does "mulet" mean?
As a noun, "mulet" means: Équidé mâle né d’un âne et d’une jument, ou d’un cheval et d’une ânesse (on dit plus précisément dans ce cas bardot), et généralement stérile.
What words are commonly confused with "mulet"?
"mulet" is commonly confused with "muse", "must", "mûre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mulet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mulet" is \my.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mulet" come from?
"mulet" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.