multitask
"multitask" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“multitask” is uncommon English (frequency #53,121 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,121
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Handling or involving multiple tasks at once.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | multitask |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “multitask” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
multitask is uncommon English at frequency #53,121 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handling or involving multiple tasks at once.".
No misspelling variants are generated for multitask in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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- + task. The adjectival sense in computing first appears c. 1965 in the publications of B.I. Witt. The verbal sense first appears c. 1986 in the Daily Telegraph. The correct English form is multitask, spelled M-U-L-T-I-T-A-S-K.
Definition
- 1Handling or involving multiple tasks at once.
Etymology
From multi- + task. The adjectival sense in computing first appears c. 1965 in the publications of B.I. Witt. The verbal sense first appears c. 1986 in the Daily Telegraph.
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 “multitask”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-U-L-T-I-T-A-S-K - 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.