disconnected
/ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/adjective, verb
disconnected is spelled D-I-S-C-O-N-N-E-C-T-E-D: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, disconnected means “That is no longer connected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disconnected?
| Letters | 12: D-I-S-C-O-N-N-E-C-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.3 times per million words; the 14,509th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is disconnected?
Disconnected appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th 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 disconnected?
- UK /ˌdɪskəˈnɛktəd/
Disconnected has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-disconnected.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disconnected?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disconnected from its last stressed vowel (/ɛktəd/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of disconnected
- more disconnected comparative
- most disconnected superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disconnected mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That is no longer connected.
There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.
- 2
Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.
I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.
- 3
Incoherent; disjointed.
- 4
That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of disconnect
The phone company disconnected my DSL.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disconnected in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that is no longer connected:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déconnecté |
| Spanish | desconectado |
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.