multiculturel

\myl.ti.kyl.ty.ʁɛl\

/\myl.ti.kyl.ty.ʁɛl\/ adj

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The verdict

“multiculturel” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,059. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,059
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne plusieurs cultures, qui a rapport avec plusieurs cultures.

Corpus desk

Index FR-multiculturel · multiculturel · French

multiculturel · rank #48,059 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #48,059
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH moulinet

Nearest frequency peer: moulinet (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « multiculturel »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « multiculturel » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

multiculturel vs multiculturelle
87% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for multiculturel
PropertyValue
Headwordmulticulturel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\myl.ti.kyl.ty.ʁɛl\
Letters13
Frequency rank#48,059
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « multiculturel »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.multiculturelse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « moulinet » (#48,058), « Morocco » (#48,056), « mélatonine » (#48,062). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « multiculturel » est au #48,059. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around multiculturel (IPA \myl.ti.kyl.ty.ʁɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,059 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for multiculturel, with forms such as "mluticulturel", "mmulticulturel", and "mulitculturel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "multiculturelle", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is multiculturel, spelled M-U-L-T-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne plusieurs cultures, qui a rapport avec plusieurs cultures.
  2. 2
    Qui est caractérisé par la présence importante de plusieurs cultures qui se côtoient.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il va sans dire que l’idée du Canada comme nation multiculturelle a suscité la grogne de quelques groupes, au premier chef les nationalistes québécois, promoteurs d’une vision du Canada comme État multinational qui ne s'assume pas, ou comme pays incapable de surmonter et de « gérer » la réalité de ses deux groupes fondateurs, réalité qui renvoie à la domi…
  2. Molenbeek est aussi une ville multiculturelle, où plus d’un quart de la population est de nationalité étrangère.

This word in other languages

multicultural(English)multicultural(Español)multikulturell(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mluticulturel
  • mmulticulturel
  • mulitculturel
  • mullticulturel
  • multciulturel
  • multicculturel
  • multicluturel
  • multicullturel
  • multicultruel
  • multicultturel
  • multicultuerl
  • multiculturell
  • multiculturle
  • multiculturrel
  • multiculutrel
  • multicutlurel
  • multiuclturel
  • multticulturel
  • mutliculturel
  • umlticulturel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of multiculturel - 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.

mluticulturel2mmulticulturel1mulitculturel2mullticulturel1multciulturel2multicculturel1multicluturel2multicullturel1
Edit distance from "multiculturel"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "multiculturel"?
"multiculturel" is spelled M-U-L-T-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \myl.ti.kyl.ty.ʁɛl\.
What does "multiculturel" mean?
As an adjective, "multiculturel" means: Qui concerne plusieurs cultures, qui a rapport avec plusieurs cultures.
What words are commonly confused with "multiculturel"?
"multiculturel" is commonly confused with "multiculturelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "multiculturel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "multiculturel" is \myl.ti.kyl.ty.ʁɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "multiculturel" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "multiculturel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list