discover
dis·cov·er/dɪˈskʌvɚ/verb
discover is spelled D-I-S-C-O-V-E-R, 3 syllables: dis·cov·er. The wrong spelling people search most is dicover: about 1,280 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 250 of all searches for the word. Discover is a verb meaning “To find or learn something for the first time”.
How many letters and syllables are in discover?
| Letters | 8: D-I-S-C-O-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: dis·cov·er |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,683rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, dicover, about 1,280 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell discover?
Discover is spelled D-I-S-C-O-V-E-R. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 171 of the searches for discover in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is discover?
Discover appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,683rd 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 discover?
- UK /dɪˈskʌvə/
- /dɪˈskʊvə/
- US /dɪˈskʌvɚ/
Discover has 3 syllables, split dis·cov·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-discover.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with discover?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as discover from its last stressed vowel (/ʌvəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of discover
- discovers present, singular, he/she/it
- discovering participle, present
- discovered participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does discover mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To find or learn something for the first time.
Turning the corner, I discovered a lovely little shop. I discovered that they sold widgets.
- 2
obsoleteTo remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
- 3
archaicTo expose, uncover.
The gust of wind discovered a bone in the sand.
- 4
To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
This move discovers an attack on a vital pawn.
- 5
To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
- 6
archaicTo reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
I discovered my plans to the rest of the team.
- 7
obsoleteTo reconnoitre, explore (an area).
- 8
obsoleteTo manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Discover in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | découvrir , dévoiler |
| German | entdecken , erleben, erfahren, dabei sein |
| Portuguese | descobrir |
| Spanish | descubrir , destapar |
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 discover come from?
From Middle English discoveren, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discoperīre < discooperiō, discooperīre, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. Displaced native Old English onfindan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).