disabuse
/dɪsəˈbjuːz/verb
disabuse is spelled D-I-S-A-B-U-S-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, disabuse means “To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disabuse?
| Letters | 8: D-I-S-A-B-U-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 93,703rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is disabuse?
Disabuse appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd 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 disabuse?
- US /dɪsəˈbjuːz/
Disabuse has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-disabuse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disabuse?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disabuse from its last stressed vowel (/uz/):
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 disabuse
- disabuses present, singular, he/she/it
- disabusing participle, present
- disabused participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disabuse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disabuse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense free of a misconception:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | détromper |
| German | aufklären, eines Besseren belehren |
| Portuguese | desenganar |
| Spanish | desengañar |
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 disabuse come from?
From dis- + abuse. Compare French désabuser.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).