disagree
dis·a·gree/dɪsəˈɡɹi/verb
disagree is spelled D-I-S-A-G-R-E-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables (dis·a·gree). It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, disagree means “To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disagree?
| Letters | 8: D-I-S-A-G-R-E-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: dis·a·gree |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,138th 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; 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 disagree?
Disagree appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th 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 disagree?
- UK /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/
- US /dɪsəˈɡɹi/
Disagree has 3 syllables, split dis·a·gree in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-disagree.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disagree?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disagree from its last stressed vowel (/i/):
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 disagree
- disagrees present, singular, he/she/it
- disagreeing participle, present
- disagreed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disagree mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
John disagreed with Mary frequently.
- 2
To fail to conform or correspond with.
My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disagree in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to fail to agree:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ne pas être d'accord, être en désaccord |
| German | anderer Meinung sein, widersprechen |
| Portuguese | discordar |
| Spanish | no estar de acuerdo, desacordar, discordar, descordar, desconvenir, discrepar |
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 disagree come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).