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Which to use

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

#19,501
“mula” frequency rank
#33,097
“mulata” frequency rank
52598
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mula mulata
Definition animal fêmea resultante do cruzamento dum jumento com uma égua feminino de mulato

Letter map: mula vs mulata

Shared letters muted; letters that set mula and mulata apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mula runs 4 letters (CVCV) against mulata's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
mula
6 ch
mulata

Corpus notes: mula and mulata

mula and mulata are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mula” sits inside “mulata”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mula is recorded at frequency rank #19,501, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmu.lɐ/. mulata is at rank #33,097, tagged as anoun.

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 52598, this pair ranks #12,648 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mula vs mulata

Shared letters: almu. Private to "mula": -. Private to "mulata": t.

"mula" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mulata" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mula ← mlua · mmula · mual · mulla · umla
  • mulata ← mluata · mmulata · mualta · mulaat · mulatta · mullata · multaa · umlata

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mula" and "mulata" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mula” sits inside “mulata”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "mula" or "mulata"?
"mula" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,501 in our Portuguese list, against #33,097 for "mulata". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mula" and "mulata".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mula" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mulata" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,648 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mula" and "mulata" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mulata vs multar". 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 #12,648 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list