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discord

/ˈdɪskɔɹd/noun, verb

discord is spelled D-I-S-C-O-R-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, discord means “Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of discord is discords.

How many letters and syllables are in discord?

Letters7: D-I-S-C-O-R-D
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is discord?

Discord appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th 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 discord?

  • US /ˈdɪskɔɹd/
  • UK /ˈdɪskɔːd/

As a verb (“To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash”): /dɪsˈkɔɹd/, /dɪsˈkɔːd/.

Discord has 2 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: En-us-discord.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-discord2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Discord.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of discord

  • discords plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • discording participle, present
  • discorded participle, past

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

What does discord mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.

  2. 2

    Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.

  3. 3

    Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

  4. 4

    An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.

noun

as Discord
  1. 1

    informalA Discord server.

  2. 2

    informalA Discord account.

verb

  1. 1

    archaicTo disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.

  2. 2

    rareTo untie things which are connected by a cord.

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

Discord in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchdiscorde, désaccord (lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord), dispute, dissension (tension or strife resulting from a lack of…), dissonance (music: an inharmonious combination of…)
GermanUneinigkeit, Streit (lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord), Zwietracht (tension or strife resulting from a lack of…), Dissonanz (music: an inharmonious combination of…), Missklang, Lärm (any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds)
Portuguesediscórdia (lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord)
Spanishdiscordia, desencuentro (lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord)

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 discord come from?

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”). Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.

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

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