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

#33,097
“mulata” frequency rank
#40,691
“muleta” frequency rank
73788
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mulata muleta
Definition feminino de mulato pau em que se apoiam os coxos ou aleijados das pernas

Letter map: mulata vs muleta

Shared letters muted; letters that set mulata and muleta apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. mulata and muleta follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
mulata
6 ch
muleta

Corpus notes: mulata and muleta

mulata and muleta 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 a single letter - a in “mulata” becomes e in “muleta”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mulata is recorded at frequency rank #33,097, classified as anoun. muleta is at rank #40,691, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mu.ˈle.tɐ/.

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 73788, this pair ranks #2,688 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mulata vs muleta

Shared letters: almtu. Private to "mulata": -. Private to "muleta": e.

"mulata" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "muleta" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mulata ← mluata · mmulata · mualta · mulaat · mulatta · mullata · multaa · umlata
  • muleta ← mlueta · mmuleta · muelta · muleat · muletta · mulleta · multea · umleta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mulata" for "muleta" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - a in “mulata” becomes e in “muleta”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mulata" vs "muleta" - which ranks higher?
"mulata" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,097 in our Portuguese list, against #40,691 for "muleta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "mulata" and "muleta". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mulata" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "muleta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,688 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mulata" and "muleta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meleca vs muleta". 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 #2,688 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