multifamily
"multifamily" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“multifamily” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,642. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,642
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to more than one family.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | multifamily |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #46,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “multifamily” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around multifamily, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,642 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of or relating to more than one family.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for multifamily, with forms such as "mlutifamily", "mmultifamily", and "mulitfamily". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From multi- + family. The correct English form is multifamily, spelled M-U-L-T-I-F-A-M-I-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to more than one family.
Etymology
From multi- + family.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mlutifamily
- mmultifamily
- mulitfamily
- mulltifamily
- multfiamily
- multiafmily
- multifaimly
- multifamilly
- multifamilyy
- multifamiyl
- multifamliy
- multifammily
- multiffamily
- multifmaily
- multtifamily
- mutlifamily
- umltifamily
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of multifamily - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “multifamily”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-U-L-T-I-F-A-M-I-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.