Which to use
“disregard” and “disregards” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,877
- “disregard” frequency rank
- #49,874
- “disregards” frequency rank
- 61751
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disregard | disregards |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something. | plural of disregard |
Where the eye mixes disregard and disregards
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses disregard with disregards
A purely visual mix-up. disregard (/dɪsɹɪˈɡɑːd/) and disregards (/dɪsɹɪˈɡɑːdz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “disregard” sits inside “disregards”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disregard is recorded at frequency rank #11,877, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɪsɹɪˈɡɑːd/. disregards is at rank #49,874, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɪsɹɪˈɡɑːdz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 61751, this pair ranks #92,430 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of disregard vs disregards
Shared letters: adegirs. Private to "disregard": -. Private to "disregards": -.
"disregard" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "disregards" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disregard ← ddisregard · dirsegard · disergard · disreagrd · disregadr · disregardd · disregarrd · disreggard
- disregards ← ddisregards · dirsegards · disergards · disreagrds · disregadrs · disregardds · disregardss · disregarrds
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "disregard" and "disregards" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "disregard" vs "disregards" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "disregard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disregards" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,430 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disregard" and "disregards" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disregarded vs disregards". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #92,430 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.