plurinational

adj

"plurinational" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“plurinational” 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) - Describing a state containing large groups of people of different nationalities.

Corpus desk

Index EN-plurinational · plurinational · English

plurinational · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for plurinational
PropertyValue
Headwordplurinational
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “plurinational” in English

plurinationalranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plurinational is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Describing a state containing large groups of people of different nationalities.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plurinational, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From pluri- + national. The correct English form is plurinational, spelled P-L-U-R-I-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Describing a state containing large groups of people of different nationalities.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how plurinational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. the Plurinational State of Bolivia
  2. It could also help us confront the crisis within our political system. But to do so, we in the next government will have to show ourselves capable of facing up to the Catalan conflict and to the fact that Spain is a plurinational country. That will call for dialogue and empathy.

Etymology

From pluri- + national.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plurinational"?
"plurinational" is spelled P-L-U-R-I-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
What does "plurinational" mean?
As an adjective, "plurinational" means: Describing a state containing large groups of people of different nationalities.
What is the origin of the word "plurinational"?
From pluri- + national. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list