disbandment

noun

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"disbandment" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“disbandment” is uncommon English (frequency #78,533 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,533
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of disbanding

Corpus desk

Index EN-disbandment · disbandment · English

disbandment · rank #78,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,533
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH dirigible

Nearest frequency peer: dirigible (-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 “disbandment”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “disbandment” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for disbandment
PropertyValue
Headworddisbandment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,533
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “disbandment” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).disbandmentfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “dirigible” (#78,532), “discoverable” (#78,535), “Dione” (#78,530). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “disbandment” is #78,533. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

disbandment is uncommon English at frequency #78,533 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of disbanding".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for disbandment, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From disband + -ment. The correct English form is disbandment, spelled D-I-S-B-A-N-D-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of disbanding

Etymology

From disband + -ment.

Synonyms

dissolutiondispersal

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "disbandment"?
"disbandment" is spelled D-I-S-B-A-N-D-M-E-N-T.
What does "disbandment" mean?
As a noun, "disbandment" means: The act of disbanding
What is the origin of the word "disbandment"?
From disband + -ment. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "disbandment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crestfallen#78,497correlative#78,493Carpathians#78,458carburettor#78,455

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list