multilingualism
/mʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəlɪzəm/
"multilingualism" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“multilingualism” is uncommon English (frequency #82,570 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,570
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being multilingual; the ability to speak multiple languages.
Corpus desk
Index EN-multilingualism · multilingualism · English
multilingualism · rank #82,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,570
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Muniz
Nearest frequency peer: Muniz (+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 “multilingualism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Morant
Morant
17,441 corpus weight
- moulder
moulder
17,439 corpus weight
- Mountford
Mountford
17,437 corpus weight
- multilingua…
multilingualism
17,431 corpus weight
- Muniz
Muniz
17,430 corpus weight
- nanoscience
nanoscience
17,421 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “multilingualism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | multilingualism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəlɪzəm/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #82,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “multilingualism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
multilingualism is uncommon English at frequency #82,570 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəlɪzəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition of being multilingual; the ability to speak multiple languages.".
No misspelling variants are generated for multilingualism in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From multilingual + -ism. The correct English form is multilingualism, spelled M-U-L-T-I-L-I-N-G-U-A-L-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The condition of being multilingual; the ability to speak multiple languages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how multilingualism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This is, perhaps, where writing centers and composition studies are implicated most obviously into the conversation of language ideology, translingualism, and multilingualism.
Spielberg showed us, a nation historically obsessed with the idea of domination, that respect is a courageous choice and that multilingualism is our true color. It is who we are.
Etymology
From multilingual + -ism.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).