multiculturalism
/ˌmʌltɪˈkʌltʃəɹəˌlɪz(ə)m/noun
multiculturalism is spelled M-U-L-T-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-A-L-I-S-M. The wrong spelling people search most is multicultralism: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 73 of all searches for the word. Multiculturalism is a noun meaning “The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national…”. The plural of multiculturalism is multiculturalisms.
How many letters and syllables are in multiculturalism?
| Letters | 16: M-U-L-T-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-A-L-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 7 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, multicultralism, about 10 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 multiculturalism?
Multiculturalism is spelled M-U-L-T-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-A-L-I-S-M. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 73 of the searches for multiculturalism 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 multiculturalism?
Multiculturalism appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st 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 multiculturalism?
- UK /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌltʃəɹəˌlɪz(ə)m/
Multiculturalism has 7 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: En-au-multiculturalism.ogg, En-us-multiculturalism.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of multiculturalism
- multiculturalisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does multiculturalism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence.
Near-synonym: polyculturalism (several or many)
- 2
colloquialderogatoryThe cultural Marxism conspiracy theory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Multiculturalism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense societal idea:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | multiculturalisme |
| German | Multikulturalismus |
| Portuguese | multiculturalismo |
| Spanish | multiculturalismo, pluriculturalismo |
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.