multi-
\myl.ti\
The verdict
“multi-” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préfixe exprimant la multiplicité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-multi · multi- · French
multi- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | multi- |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | \myl.ti\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “multi-” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
multi- is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed \myl.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préfixe exprimant la multiplicité.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for multi-, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is multi-, spelled M-U-L-T-I--.
Definition
- 1Préfixe exprimant la multiplicité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how multi- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Polyvalente et multitalentueuse, l'autrice a fait des études supérieures en science politique à l'Université du Québec à Montréal ….
… la maire martyre et multimenacée de Romans-sur-Isère, Marie-Hélène Thoraval.
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