dis-ease
/dɪsˈiːz/
"dis-ease" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dis-ease” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lack of a feeling of ease; uneasiness.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dis-ease |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsˈiːz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dis-ease” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dis-ease is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪsˈiːz/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lack of a feeling of ease; uneasiness.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dis-ease in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is dis-ease, spelled D-I-S---E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Lack of a feeling of ease; uneasiness.
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.
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Using “dis-ease”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-S---E-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.