multivitamin
"multivitamin" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“multivitamin” is uncommon English (frequency #55,606 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,606
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mixture of vitamins.
Corpus desk
Index EN-multivitamin · multivitamin · English
multivitamin · rank #55,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,606
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mulcahy
Nearest frequency peer: Mulcahy (-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 “multivitamin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- morro
morro
44,398 corpus weight
- MPLS
MPLS
44,397 corpus weight
- Mulcahy
Mulcahy
44,396 corpus weight
- multivitamin
multivitamin
44,395 corpus weight
- Murata
Murata
44,394 corpus weight
- muy
muy
44,392 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “multivitamin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | multivitamin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #55,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “multivitamin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
multivitamin is uncommon English at frequency #55,606 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for multivitamin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From multi- + vitamin. The correct English form is multivitamin, spelled M-U-L-T-I-V-I-T-A-M-I-N.
Definition
- 1A mixture of vitamins.
- 2A preparation containing such a mixture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how multivitamin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Taking a daily multivitamin might be associated with improved brain function in older adults, a new study says, and the benefit appears to be greater for those with a history of cardiovascular disease.
“It goes with my mantra of there is ‘no magic pill’ to prevent cognitive decline,” said Isaacson, who was not involved in the new study. “At my clinic, we check nutritional blood measures and personally tailor interventions, and in doing so we don’t tend to recommend multivitamins since we address the individual deficiencies.”
Etymology
From multi- + vitamin.
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 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).