multisyllabic
"multisyllabic" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“multisyllabic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having more than one syllable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-multisyllabic · multisyllabic · English
multisyllabic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | multisyllabic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “multisyllabic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
multisyllabic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having more than one syllable.".
multisyllabic has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From multi- + syllabic. The correct English form is multisyllabic, spelled M-U-L-T-I-S-Y-L-L-A-B-I-C.
Definition
- 1Having more than one syllable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how multisyllabic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But it’s a dialect Fetter doesn’t know. It sounds old, rolling and multisyllabic and liquid.
Etymology
From multi- + syllabic.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.