multiprise

\myl.ti.pʁiz\

/\myl.ti.pʁiz\/ noun

The verdict

“multiprise” is uncommon French (frequency #75,024 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,024
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bloc multiprise ; boitier permettant la dérivation du courant et doté de prises électriques normalisées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-multiprise · multiprise · French

multiprise · rank #75,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,024
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH multilatérali…

Nearest frequency peer: multilatéralisme (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « multiprise »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « multiprise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for multiprise
PropertyValue
Headwordmultiprise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\myl.ti.pʁiz\
Letters10
Frequency rank#75,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « multiprise » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.multiprisetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « multilatéralisme » (#75,023), « mutilées » (#75,025), « multiethnique » (#75,022). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « multiprise » est au #75,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

multiprise is uncommon French at frequency #75,024 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \myl.ti.pʁiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

multiprise doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is multiprise, spelled M-U-L-T-I-P-R-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bloc multiprise ; boitier permettant la dérivation du courant et doté de prises électriques normalisées.
  2. 2
    Pince multiprise ; pince ajustable pour conserver parallèles ses mâchoires pour serrer des objets de diamètres divers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je rebranche tout, non sans mal car la multiprise est loin sous le lit et j’ai beaucoup de mal à me baisser.
  2. Attention, elle peut gêner si elle est branchée sur une multiprise, et elle ne dispose pas de micro pour les assistants vocaux, ce qui suppose d’utiliser son smartphone.

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); 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 "multiprise"?
"multiprise" is spelled M-U-L-T-I-P-R-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \myl.ti.pʁiz\.
What does "multiprise" mean?
As a noun, "multiprise" means: Bloc multiprise ; boitier permettant la dérivation du courant et doté de prises électriques normalisées.
How do you pronounce "multiprise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "multiprise" is \myl.ti.pʁiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list