multilayer
"multilayer" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“multilayer” is uncommon English (frequency #56,926 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,926
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any system of multiple layers, especially of multiple monolayers
Corpus desk
Index EN-multilayer · multilayer · English
multilayer · rank #56,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,926
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mukhtar
Nearest frequency peer: mukhtar (-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 “multilayer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- momento
momento
43,081 corpus weight
- morose
morose
43,080 corpus weight
- mukhtar
mukhtar
43,076 corpus weight
- multilayer
multilayer
43,075 corpus weight
- mungo
mungo
43,072 corpus weight
- munition
munition
43,071 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “multilayer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | multilayer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “multilayer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
multilayer is uncommon English at frequency #56,926 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any system of multiple layers, especially of multiple monolayers".
multilayer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From multi- + layer. The correct English form is multilayer, spelled M-U-L-T-I-L-A-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Any system of multiple layers, especially of multiple monolayers
Etymology
From multi- + layer.
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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