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disconnect

dis·con·nect/dɪskəˈnɛkt/verb, noun

disconnect is spelled D-I-S-C-O-N-N-E-C-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables (dis·con·nect). It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, disconnect means “To sever or interrupt a connection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in disconnect?

Letters10: D-I-S-C-O-N-N-E-C-T
Syllables3: dis·con·nect
In writing2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is disconnect?

Disconnect appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce disconnect?

  • /dɪskəˈnɛkt/

As a noun (“A break or interruption in an existing connection…”): /dɪskəˈnɛkt/, /ˈdɪskənɛkt/.

Disconnect has 3 syllables, split dis·con·nect in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-disconnect_(verb).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-disconnect.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of disconnect

  • disconnects present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • disconnecting participle, present
  • disconnected participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does disconnect mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To sever or interrupt a connection.

    My wi-fi got disconnected.

  2. 2

    To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.

  3. 3

    Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.

noun

  1. 1

    A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.

  2. 2

    A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.

  3. 3

    A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.

    There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on.

  4. 4

    The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Disconnect in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germantrennen, unterbrechen (to sever or interrupt a connection), Unterbrechung, Unterbruch (break in an existing connection)
Portuguesedesconectar (to sever or interrupt a connection), desligar (to remove the connection between an appliance…)
Spanishdesconectar (to sever or interrupt a connection)
Frenchdébrancher, déconnecter (to remove the connection between an appliance…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does disconnect come from?

From dis- + connect.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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