discommensurate
"discommensurate" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discommensurate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not commensurate
Corpus desk
Index EN-discommensurate · discommensurate · English
discommensurate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | discommensurate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “discommensurate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
discommensurate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not commensurate".
discommensurate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + commensurate. The correct English form is discommensurate, spelled D-I-S-C-O-M-M-E-N-S-U-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Not commensurate
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how discommensurate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In addition to the crystal lattice, we observe a coexisting discommensurate superlattice with wavevectors q = 0.5a* #92;pm 0.25b*.
Etymology
From dis- + commensurate.
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.