multicellular

adj

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"multicellular" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“multicellular” is uncommon English (frequency #56,303 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,303
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That has many cells, often differentiated in function.

Corpus desk

Index EN-multicellular · multicellular · English

multicellular · rank #56,303 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,303
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH multibillion

Nearest frequency peer: multibillion (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “multicellular”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “multicellular” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for multicellular
PropertyValue
Headwordmulticellular
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters13
Frequency rank#56,303
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “multicellular” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).multicellularfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “multibillion” (#56,302), “MTF” (#56,301), “mutilate” (#56,305). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “multicellular” is #56,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

multicellular is uncommon English at frequency #56,303 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That has many cells, often differentiated in function.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for multicellular, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From multi- + cellular. The correct English form is multicellular, spelled M-U-L-T-I-C-E-L-L-U-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    That has many cells, often differentiated in function.

Etymology

From multi- + cellular.

Antonyms

unicellularmonocellular

This word in other languages

pluricelular(Español)multicellulaire(Français)vielzellig(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "multicellular"?
"multicellular" is spelled M-U-L-T-I-C-E-L-L-U-L-A-R.
What does "multicellular" mean?
As an adjective, "multicellular" means: That has many cells, often differentiated in function.
What is the origin of the word "multicellular"?
From multi- + cellular. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "multicellular", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

noncompliance#56,321percussionist#56,356ventriloquist#56,514Charlottetown#56,006

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list