dis
/dɪs/verb, noun, determiner, pronoun
dis is spelled D-I-S: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “dis vs diss” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, dis means “Alternative spelling of diss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dis?
| Letters | 3: D-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dis?
Dis appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dis?
- /dɪs/
Dis has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dis.wav, Dis_pronounciation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dis
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: diss, dys- (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dis?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dis.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sid, ids.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dis
- disses present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- dissing participle, present
- dissed participle, past
- disir plural
- 'dis
- di-
- dif-
- dir-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
informalAlternative spelling of diss.
noun
- 1
Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
- 2
Alternative form of diss.
noun
- 1
plural of DI
noun
- 1
plural of dI
determiner
- 1
IrelandnonstandardPronunciation spelling of this.
At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.
pronoun
- 1
IrelandnonstandardPronunciation spelling of this.
Whadda I do? Dis an' dat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense reversal or removal:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dis come from?
Abbreviation of disrespect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).