# disallow

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/ · frequency rank #48,702

## Definitions
1. To refuse to allow.
2. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
3. To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council.

## Etymology
From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- + allow.

## Easily confused with
- **disavow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disallow-vs-disavow)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddisallow`, `diasllow`, `disalloww`, `disallwo`, `disalolw`, `disalow`, `dislalow`, `dissallow`, `dsiallow`, `idsallow`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/disallow