disarm
/dɪsˈɑɹm/verb, noun
disarm is spelled D-I-S-A-R-M: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, disarm means “To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disarm?
| Letters | 6: D-I-S-A-R-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd 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 disarm?
Disarm appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 disarm?
- UK /dɪsˈɑː(ɹ)m/
- US /dɪsˈɑɹm/
Disarm has 2 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-disarm.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disarm?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disarm from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹm/):
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 disarm
- disarms present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- disarming participle, present
- disarmed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disarm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
- 2
To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.
to disarm a man's wrath
- 3
To lay down arms; to stand down.
- 4
To reduce one's own military forces.
- 5
To render into a state in which something is no longer armed, or prepared for use (such as to disable the security systems on).
noun
- 1
The act of depriving a person of a weapon they carry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disarm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to deprive of arms:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | désarmer |
| German | entwaffnen |
| Portuguese | desarmar |
| Spanish | desarmar |
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 disarm come from?
From Middle English desarmen (“to divest of arms”), from Anglo-Norman desarmer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).