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disco

dis·co/ˈdɪskoʊ/noun, verb

disco is spelled D-I-S-C-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables (dis·co). It appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, disco means “Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of disco is discos.

How many letters and syllables are in disco?

Letters5: D-I-S-C-O
Syllables2: dis·co
In writing6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is disco?

Disco appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th 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 disco?

  • UK /ˈdɪskəʊ/
  • US /ˈdɪskoʊ/

Disco has 2 syllables, split dis·co in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-disco.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with disco

Also written: discotheque.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with disco?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as disco (/ɪskoʊ/).

Spelled with the same letters in another order: sodic.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of disco

  • discos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • discoing participle, present
  • discoed participle, past
  • disko-

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does disco mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    UKClipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).

  2. 2

    A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.

  3. 3

    UKA dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity.

  4. 4

    USinformaldiscovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)

    You don't need to worry about these details at the complaint stage, we can get them in disco.

  5. 5

    USinformaldiscovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)

    Has the disco come in from the defendants yet? We sent them requests almost six weeks ago.

verb

  1. 1

    To dance disco-style dances.

  2. 2

    To go to discotheques.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Disco in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchdiscothèque, boîte de nuit (discotheque – see also night club)
GermanDiskothek, Disco (discotheque – see also night club), Discomusik (type of music)
Portuguesediscoteca (discotheque – see also night club), disco (type of music)
Spanishdiscoteca (discotheque – see also night club), disco (type of music)

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.

Where does disco come from?

From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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