multicolor
/ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/
"multicolor" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“multicolor” is an uncommon English word, ranked #58,219 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #58,219
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | multicolor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “multicolor” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for multicolor is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/. Corpus data places it at rank #58,219 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.".
multicolor has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin multicolor, equivalent to multi- + color; see below. The correct English form is multicolor, spelled M-U-L-T-I-C-O-L-O-R.
Definition
- 1Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin multicolor, equivalent to multi- + color; see below.
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.
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Using “multicolor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-U-L-T-I-C-O-L-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.