multimédia

\myl.ti.me.dja\

/\myl.ti.me.dja\/ noun

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The verdict

“multimédia” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,687
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’une application, d’un service, d’un appareil utilisant plusieurs médias (image, son, vidéo…), le mot média étant pris dans son étymologie voulant dire « moyen de relier ».

Corpus desk

Index FR-multimedia · multimédia · French

multimédia · rank #15,687 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,687
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH motards

Nearest frequency peer: motards (-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 « multimédia »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « multimédia » 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).

multimédia vs multimédias
91% similar

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

Key facts for multimédia
PropertyValue
Headwordmultimédia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\myl.ti.me.dja\
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,687
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « multimédia »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).multimédiase 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 « motards » (#15,686), « mènera » (#15,688), « Montana » (#15,685). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « multimédia » est au #15,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around multimédia (IPA \myl.ti.me.dja\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,687 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Se dit d’une application, d’un service, d’un appareil utilisant plusieurs médias (image, son, vidéo…), le mot média étant pris dans son étymologie voulant dire « moyen de relier ».".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for multimédia, with forms such as "mlutimédia", "mmultimédia", and "mulitmédia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "multimédias", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is multimédia, spelled M-U-L-T-I-M-É-D-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit d’une application, d’un service, d’un appareil utilisant plusieurs médias (image, son, vidéo…), le mot média étant pris dans son étymologie voulant dire « moyen de relier ».

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Partout dans le monde les manuels scolaires sont quelque peu malmenés, dans des sens divers : les chantres de l'électronique en prédisent la disparition au profit du multimédia ; […].

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mlutimédia
  • mmultimédia
  • mulitmédia
  • mulltimédia
  • multimdéia
  • multimedia
  • multimmédia
  • multimédai
  • multiméddia
  • multiméida
  • multiémdia
  • multmiédia
  • multtimédia
  • mutlimédia
  • umltimédia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of multimédia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mlutimédia2mmultimédia1mulitmédia2mulltimédia1multimdéia2multimedia1multimmédia1multimédai2
Edit distance from "multimédia"

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 "multimédia"?
"multimédia" is spelled M-U-L-T-I-M-É-D-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \myl.ti.me.dja\.
What does "multimédia" mean?
As a noun, "multimédia" means: Se dit d’une application, d’un service, d’un appareil utilisant plusieurs médias (image, son, vidéo…), le mot média étant pris dans son étymologie voulant dire « moyen de relier ».
What words are commonly confused with "multimédia"?
"multimédia" is commonly confused with "multimédias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "multimédia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "multimédia" is \myl.ti.me.dja\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "multimédia" come from?
"multimédia" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

intéressées15 variantsgrévistes15 variantsabandonnées15 variantsabondamment15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list