muleta

//mu.ˈle.tɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,691

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

muleta is aPortuguesenoun. It means: pau em que se apoiam os coxos ou aleijados das pernas Pronounced /mu.ˈle.tɐ/. Often confused with multa and multar.

Key facts for muleta
PropertyValue
Headwordmuleta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mu.ˈle.tɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,691
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of muleta in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for muleta is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mu.ˈle.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #40,691 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "multa", "multar", "meta", 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 Portuguese 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

  1. 1
    pau em que se apoiam os coxos ou aleijados das pernas
  2. 2
    pau em que o toureiro suspende a capa para chamar o touro que quer matar
  3. 3
    manivela de realejo
  4. 4
    pequena embarcação com que se faz pescaria, fora da barra de Lisboa
  5. 5
    forcado de ferro com que se empurra o barco, do lado da proa
  6. 6
    apoio, amparo

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mlueta,mmuleta,muelta,muleat,muletta,mulleta,multea,umleta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for muleta

Misspelling Variants of "muleta"

mlueta6mmuleta7muelta6muleat6muletta7mulleta7multea6umleta6
Misspelling Variants of "muleta"

Frequency rank: #40,691 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muleta"?
"muleta" is spelled M-U-L-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /mu.ˈle.tɐ/.
What does "muleta" mean?
As a noun, "muleta" means: pau em que se apoiam os coxos ou aleijados das pernas
What words are commonly confused with "muleta"?
"muleta" is commonly confused with "multa", "multar", "meta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muleta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muleta" is /mu.ˈle.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muleta" come from?
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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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.