discolour
"discolour" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discolour” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - British and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-discolour · discolour · English
discolour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discolour |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “discolour” in English
Rare enough to double-check
discolour is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "British and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for discolour, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English discolouren, discoloren, from Old French discolorer, descolorer, equivalent to dis- + colour. The correct English form is discolour, spelled D-I-S-C-O-L-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1British and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how discolour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Instead, the grime of the steam years which still discoloured many of the best architectural features Betjeman loved has been cleared away, and several of the stations have benefited from major refurbishments which have greatly improved them.
Etymology
From Middle English discolouren, discoloren, from Old French discolorer, descolorer, equivalent to dis- + colour.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.