discourteous
/dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs/
"discourteous" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discourteous” is uncommon English (frequency #83,190 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,190
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impolite; lacking consideration for others.
Corpus desk
Index EN-discourteous · discourteous · English
discourteous · rank #83,190 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,190
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH discotheque
Nearest frequency peer: discotheque (-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 “discourteous”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- diphosphate
diphosphate
16,814 corpus weight
- discotheque
discotheque
16,812 corpus weight
- discourteous
discourteous
16,811 corpus weight
- dither
dither
16,810 corpus weight
- doff
doff
16,809 corpus weight
- dogmatism
dogmatism
16,808 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “discourteous” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discourteous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #83,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “discourteous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
discourteous is uncommon English at frequency #83,190 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Impolite; lacking consideration for others.".
No misspelling variants are generated for discourteous in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + courteous. The correct English form is discourteous, spelled D-I-S-C-O-U-R-T-E-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Impolite; lacking consideration for others.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how discourteous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kirk, who succeeded Drumright, had an unusually short tour of duty in Taipei—only about a year. Despite the shortness of his duty, he left the impression of being an old sea captain who would have felt more at home barking his orders from the bridge than heading an important diplomatic mission. There was nothing civil or gentle about him, and even in talk…
Etymology
From dis- + courteous.
Antonyms
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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