discolored
"discolored" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discolored” is uncommon English (frequency #53,500 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,500
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deprived of color, or given the wrong color; pale, stained.
Corpus desk
Index EN-discolored · discolored · English
discolored · rank #53,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,500
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disbanding
Nearest frequency peer: disbanding (-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 “discolored”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 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
- disorienting
disorienting
46,498 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “discolored” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discolored |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “discolored” in English
Rare enough to double-check
discolored is uncommon English at frequency #53,500 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for discolored in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is discolored, spelled D-I-S-C-O-L-O-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Deprived of color, or given the wrong color; pale, stained.
- 2Multicolored.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how discolored appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Once again you see an in / Discolored skin gives you away
More sundry colours, then the proud Pauone / Beares in his boasted fan, or Iris bright, / When her discolourd bow she spreds through heauens hight.
Synonyms
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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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