disambiguation
/dɪsæmˌbɪɡjuːˈeɪʃən/
"disambiguation" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disambiguation” is uncommon English (frequency #69,792 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,792
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The removal of ambiguity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disambiguation · disambiguation · English
disambiguation · rank #69,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,792
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dipstick
Nearest frequency peer: dipstick (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “disambiguation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dimwit
dimwit
30,212 corpus weight
- dipstick
dipstick
30,210 corpus weight
- disambiguat…
disambiguation
30,209 corpus weight
- dissenter
dissenter
30,208 corpus weight
- divalent
divalent
30,207 corpus weight
- diviner
diviner
30,206 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “disambiguation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disambiguation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsæmˌbɪɡjuːˈeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #69,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disambiguation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disambiguation is uncommon English at frequency #69,792 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪsæmˌbɪɡjuːˈeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
disambiguation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + ambiguation. The correct English form is disambiguation, spelled D-I-S-A-M-B-I-G-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The removal of ambiguity.
- 2A page on a wiki containing links to two or more topics with the same name.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disambiguation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The lexical disambiguation relies on looking ahead to identify possible senses.
Disambiguation — where it is to fix the sense of an ambiguous term. This operation has been termed distinction by some Logicians, and erroneously reckoned as a species of division.
Etymology
From dis- + ambiguation.
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).