discontinuation
"discontinuation" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discontinuation” has 23 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,331
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A breach or interruption of continuity.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discontinuation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #45,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “discontinuation” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around discontinuation, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,331 among 26,416 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for discontinuation, with forms such as "ddiscontinuation", "dicsontinuation", and "disccontinuation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + continuation. The correct English form is discontinuation, spelled D-I-S-C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A breach or interruption of continuity.
- 2A breach or interruption of continuity.
- 3A breach or interruption of continuity.
Etymology
From dis- + continuation.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiscontinuation
- dicsontinuation
- disccontinuation
- discnotinuation
- disconitnuation
- disconntinuation
- discontinaution
- discontinnuation
- discontinuaiton
- discontinuasion
- discontinuatino
- discontinuationn
- discontinuatoin
- discontinuattion
- discontinutaion
- discontiunation
- discontniuation
- disconttinuation
- discotninuation
- disocntinuation
- disscontinuation
- dsicontinuation
- idscontinuation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discontinuation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “discontinuation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-S-C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.