disprove

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The verdict

“disprove” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - widerlegen: etwas als falsch darlegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-disprove · disprove · German

disprove · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for disprove
PropertyValue
Headworddisprove
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „disprove“ im Deutschen

disproveschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

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

Rare enough to double-check

disprove is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "widerlegen: etwas als falsch darlegen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for disprove, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is disprove, spelled D-I-S-P-R-O-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    widerlegen: etwas als falsch darlegen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I disproved this study without any problem, since it contains many inconsistencies.

Antonyms

prove

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 "disprove"?
"disprove" is spelled D-I-S-P-R-O-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "disprove" mean?
As a verb, "disprove" means: widerlegen: etwas als falsch darlegen
How do you pronounce "disprove"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disprove" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disprove" come from?
"disprove" is a German 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list