disconsolate
/dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt/
"disconsolate" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disconsolate” is uncommon English (frequency #86,214 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,214
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cheerless, dreary.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disconsolate · disconsolate · English
disconsolate · rank #86,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,214
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH discal
Nearest frequency peer: discal (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “disconsolate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dimorphic
dimorphic
13,791 corpus weight
- disassociat…
disassociation
13,789 corpus weight
- discal
discal
13,788 corpus weight
- disconsolate
disconsolate
13,787 corpus weight
- disputation
disputation
13,785 corpus weight
- dodie
dodie
13,783 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “disconsolate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disconsolate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #86,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disconsolate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disconsolate is uncommon English at frequency #86,214 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for disconsolate in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Medieval Latin discōnsōlātus (“comfortless”), from dis- (“away”) + cōnsōlātus (“consoled”). The correct English form is disconsolate, spelled D-I-S-C-O-N-S-O-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Cheerless, dreary.
- 2Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disconsolate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day.
a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts, / With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits, / Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are, / And might, if my extreames had ful euents, / Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin discōnsōlātus (“comfortless”), from dis- (“away”) + cōnsōlātus (“consoled”).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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