multiethnic
"multiethnic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“multiethnic” is uncommon English (frequency #68,467 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,467
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups.
Corpus desk
Index EN-multiethnic · multiethnic · English
multiethnic · rank #68,467 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,467
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH muffle
Nearest frequency peer: muffle (-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 “multiethnic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Moskva
Moskva
31,540 corpus weight
- muffle
muffle
31,535 corpus weight
- multiethnic
multiethnic
31,534 corpus weight
- mycorrhizal
mycorrhizal
31,530 corpus weight
- Nadeem
Nadeem
31,529 corpus weight
- Nahi
Nahi
31,527 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “multiethnic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | multiethnic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “multiethnic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
multiethnic is uncommon English at frequency #68,467 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups.".
No misspelling variants are generated for multiethnic in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From multi- + ethnic. The correct English form is multiethnic, spelled M-U-L-T-I-E-T-H-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how multiethnic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In general, they are propagating the image of Ukrainians as the European descendants of good peasant stock, of multiethnic pioneers, and of an ancient multiethnic state.
As a multicultural and multiethnic society, Singapore has four official languages: Malay, Mandarin, Tamil, and English, with Malay considered the national language and English as a nominally neutral ‘working language’ allowing communication across all communities.
Etymology
From multi- + ethnic.
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).