multitasking
"multitasking" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“multitasking” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,664
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of multitask
Corpus desk
Index EN-multitasking · multitasking · English
multitasking · rank #31,664 · 19 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,664
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH MSI
Nearest frequency peer: MSI (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “multitasking”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- moonshine
moonshine
68,340 corpus weight
- MSA
MSA
68,339 corpus weight
- MSI
MSI
68,338 corpus weight
- multitasking
multitasking
68,337 corpus weight
- mutt
mutt
68,336 corpus weight
- myocardial
myocardial
68,335 corpus weight
What this shows “multitasking” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | multitasking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #31,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “multitasking”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around multitasking, averb. Corpus frequency is #31,664 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of multitask".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for multitasking, with forms such as "mlutitasking", "mmultitasking", and "mulittasking". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: See multitask. The correct English form is multitasking, spelled M-U-L-T-I-T-A-S-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of multitask
Etymology
See multitask.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mlutitasking
- mmultitasking
- mulittasking
- mulltitasking
- multiatsking
- multitaksing
- multitasikng
- multitaskign
- multitaskingg
- multitaskinng
- multitaskking
- multitasknig
- multitassking
- multitsaking
- multittasking
- multtiasking
- multtitasking
- mutlitasking
- umltitasking
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of multitasking - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "multitasking", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).