# disastrous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs/ · frequency rank #11,532

## Definitions
1. Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
2. Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

## Etymology
From disaster + -ous, after Middle French desastreux (modern French désastreux; from desastre (modern French désastre, “disaster”; from des- + astre, a calque of Italian disastro) + -eux), itself after Italian disastroso, from disastro + -oso, from dis- (“away, without”) (from Latin dis-) + astro (“star, planet”) (from Latin astrum (“star, celestial body”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)).

## Common misspellings (15)
`ddisastrous`, `diasstrous`, `disasrtous`, `disasstrous`, `disastorus`, `disastrosu`, `disastrouss`, `disastrrous`, `disastruos`, `disasttrous`, `disatsrous`, `dissastrous`, `dissatrous`, `dsiastrous`, `idsastrous`

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