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“multitude” and “multitudes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,198
- “multitude” frequency rank
- #41,776
- “multitudes” frequency rank
- 54974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | multitude | multitudes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion. | plural of multitude |
Letter map: multitude vs multitudes
Shared letters muted; letters that set multitude and multitudes apart highlighted. Shared run: 9.
Corpus notes: multitude and multitudes
multitude and multitudes are indexed as a confusable English 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 1 extra letter(s) - “multitude” sits inside “multitudes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
multitude is recorded at frequency rank #13,198, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/. multitudes is at rank #41,776, 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 54974, this pair ranks #137,082 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of multitude vs multitudes
Shared letters: deilmtu. Private to "multitude": -. Private to "multitudes": s.
"multitude" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "multitudes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- multitude ← mlutitude · mmultitude · mulittude · mulltitude · multitdue · multittude · multitudde · multitued
- multitudes ← mlutitudes · mmultitudes · mulittudes · mulltitudes · multitdues · multittudes · multituddes · multitudess
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "multitude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "multitudes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,082 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #137,082 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.