discombobulation
"discombobulation" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discombobulation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An embarrassing feeling that leaves a person confused.
Corpus desk
Index EN-discombobulation · discombobulation · English
discombobulation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | discombobulation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “discombobulation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
discombobulation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
discombobulation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From discombobulate + -ion. The correct English form is discombobulation, spelled D-I-S-C-O-M-B-O-B-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An embarrassing feeling that leaves a person confused.
- 2A confused or disorderly state.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how discombobulation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prophet of o'er-population, your ingenious calculation, Causeth discombobulation only in the anxious mind
This quality or state of not having your act quite together lacks its own word in the dictionary. It is something short of discombobulation, but the mild, mental chafing is irritating enough to demand a remedy.
Etymology
From discombobulate + -ion.
This word in other languages
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.