# discouraged

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒd/ · frequency rank #12,579

## Definitions
1. Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
2. unrecommended; unprescribed.

## Easily confused with
- **discourage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/discourage-vs-discouraged)

## Common misspellings (16)
`ddiscouraged`, `dicsouraged`, `disccouraged`, `discoruaged`, `discouarged`, `discouraegd`, `discouragde`, `discouragedd`, `discouragged`, `discourgaed`, `discourraged`, `discuoraged`, `disocuraged`, `disscouraged`, `dsicouraged`, `idscouraged`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/discouraged