# disco

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɪskəʊ/ · frequency rank #9,875

## Definitions
1. Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).
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. A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity.

## Etymology
From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

## Easily confused with
- **dish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disco-vs-dish)
- **disk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disco-vs-disk)
- **diss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disco-vs-diss)
- **dist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disco-vs-dist)
- **ditch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disco-vs-ditch)
- **ditto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disco-vs-ditto)
- **draco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disco-vs-draco)
- **discus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disco-vs-discus)
- **discord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disco-vs-discord)
- **dis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dis-vs-disco)
- **dick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dick-vs-disco)
- **disc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disc-vs-disco)
- **dice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dice-vs-disco)
- **deco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deco-vs-disco)
- **dino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dino-vs-disco)
- **dido** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dido-vs-disco)
- **Diego** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diego-vs-disco)
- **dildo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dildo-vs-disco)
- **dingo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dingo-vs-disco)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddisco`, `dicso`, `discco`, `disoc`, `dissco`, `dsico`, `idsco`

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