dis-ease
/dɪsˈiːz/
"dis-ease" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dis-ease” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lack of a feeling of ease; uneasiness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dis-ease · dis-ease · English
dis-ease · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “dis-ease” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dis-ease is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪsˈiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.