disbanding
"disbanding" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disbanding” is uncommon English (frequency #53,499 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,499
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A disbandment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disbanding · disbanding · English
disbanding · rank #53,499 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,499
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH discolored
Nearest frequency peer: discolored (+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 “disbanding”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- destin
destin
46,506 corpus weight
- diorama
diorama
46,504 corpus weight
- disbanding
disbanding
46,502 corpus weight
- discolored
discolored
46,501 corpus weight
- discontented
discontented
46,500 corpus weight
- disenfranch…
disenfranchisement
46,499 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “disbanding” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disbanding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disbanding” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disbanding is uncommon English at frequency #53,499 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A disbandment.".
No misspelling variants are generated for disbanding in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is disbanding, spelled D-I-S-B-A-N-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A disbandment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disbanding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The re-coding of certain motive power depots referred to last month results from the disbanding of the Hull District; [...].
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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