disagree
/dɪsəˈɡɹiː/
"disagree" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disagree” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #6,130 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #6,130
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disagree |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disagree” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for disagree is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,130 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for disagree, with forms such as "ddisagree", "diasgree", and "disagere". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the Engl… The correct English form is disagree, spelled D-I-S-A-G-R-E-E.
Definition
- 1To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
- 2To fail to conform or correspond with.
Etymology
From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”), from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”)); the English word is analysable as dis- + agree.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddisagree,diasgree,disagere,disaggree,disagre,disagrree,disargee,disgaree,dissagree,dsiagree,idsagree
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disagree - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “disagree”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-S-A-G-R-E-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.