disclose
/dɪsˈkləʊz/
"disclose" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disclose” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #9,034 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #9,034
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To open up; unfasten.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disclose |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪsˈkləʊz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disclose” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for disclose is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪsˈkləʊz/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,034 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for disclose, with forms such as "ddisclose", "dicslose", and "discclose". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "dispose", "disclosed", "disclosure", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude). By surface analysis, dis- + close. The correct English form is disclose, spelled D-I-S-C-L-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1To open up; unfasten.
- 2To uncover; physically expose to view.
- 3To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).
Etymology
From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude). By surface analysis, dis- + close.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddisclose,dicslose,discclose,discllose,discloes,disclosse,disclsoe,discolse,dislcose,dissclose,dsiclose,idsclose
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disclose - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “disclose”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-S-C-L-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪsˈkləʊz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dispose” - see the side-by-side comparison. disclose vs dispose
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.