multi
/ˈmʌl.ti/noun
multi is spelled M-U-L-T-I. The wrong spelling people search most is mulit: about 80 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 30 of all searches for the word. Multi is a noun meaning “Clipping of multistan”. The plural of multi is multis or multies.
How many letters and syllables are in multi?
| Letters | 5: M-U-L-T-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,785th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, mulit, about 80 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell multi?
Multi is spelled M-U-L-T-I. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 22 of the searches for multi in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is multi?
Multi appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,785th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce multi?
- UK /ˈmʌl.tiː/
- US /ˈmʌl.ti/
- US /ˈmʌl.taɪ/
Multi has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-multi-.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of multi
- multis plural
- multies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does multi mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangClipping of multistan.
- 2
informalA multituberculate.
- 3
informalNeolamprologus multifasciatus (small shell-dwelling cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, popular as aquarium fish)
- 4
A contract bridge convention whereby the opening bid of 2♦ shows several possible types of hands.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Multi in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to many:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does multi come from?
Clipping of multistan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).