multidisciplinarity

noun

"multidisciplinarity" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“multidisciplinarity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being multidisciplinary.

Corpus desk

Index EN-multidisciplinarity · multidisciplinarity · English

multidisciplinarity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for multidisciplinarity
PropertyValue
Headwordmultidisciplinarity
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “multidisciplinarity” in English

multidisciplinarityranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

multidisciplinarity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being multidisciplinary.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for multidisciplinarity, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, multidisciplinar(y) + -ity, or, by surface analysis, multi- + disciplinar(y) + -ity. The correct English form is multidisciplinarity, spelled M-U-L-T-I-D-I-S-C-I-P-L-I-N-A-R-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being multidisciplinary.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how multidisciplinarity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Near-synonyms: cross-disciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity

Etymology

By surface analysis, multidisciplinar(y) + -ity, or, by surface analysis, multi- + disciplinar(y) + -ity.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "multidisciplinarity"?
"multidisciplinarity" is spelled M-U-L-T-I-D-I-S-C-I-P-L-I-N-A-R-I-T-Y.
What does "multidisciplinarity" mean?
As a noun, "multidisciplinarity" means: The quality of being multidisciplinary.
What is the origin of the word "multidisciplinarity"?
By surface analysis, multidisciplinar(y) + -ity, or, by surface analysis, multi- + disciplinar(y) + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list