disassemble
/dɪs.əˈsɛm.bəl/verb
disassemble is spelled D-I-S-A-S-S-E-M-B-L-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, disassemble means “To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disassemble?
| Letters | 11: D-I-S-A-S-S-E-M-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,230th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is disassemble?
Disassemble appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th 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 disassemble?
- UK /dɪs.əˈsɛm.bəl/
Disassemble has 4 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-disassemble.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of disassemble
- disassembles present, singular, he/she/it
- disassembling participle, present
- disassembled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disassemble mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
To perform the repair it was necessary to disassemble most of the mechanism.
- 2
To convert machine code to a human-readable, mnemonic form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disassemble in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to take to pieces:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | désassembler, démonter |
| German | demontieren, auseinandernehmen |
| Portuguese | desmontar |
| Spanish | desmontar, desensamblar, desmondongar |
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.