multiprocessing
/ˈmʌltiˌpɹɒsɛsɪŋ/noun
multiprocessing is spelled M-U-L-T-I-P-R-O-C-E-S-S-I-N-G: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, multiprocessing means “Computation using more than one processor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in multiprocessing?
| Letters | 15: M-U-L-T-I-P-R-O-C-E-S-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is multiprocessing?
Multiprocessing appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce multiprocessing?
- /ˈmʌltiˌpɹɒsɛsɪŋ/
- /ˈmʌltiˌpɹəʊsɛsɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does multiprocessing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Computation using more than one processor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Multiprocessing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense computation using one more than one procesor:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | calcul parallèle, traitement parallèle |
| Portuguese | multiprocessamento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does multiprocessing come from?
From multi- + processing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).