# discuss

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈskʌs/ · frequency rank #2,197

## Definitions
1. To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
2. To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
3. To break to pieces; to shatter.
4. To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.
5. To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
6. To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.

## Etymology
From Middle English discussen, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (French discuter), from Latin discussus, past participle of discutiō (“to strike or shake apart, break up, scatter; examine, discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) + quatiō (“to shake”).

## Easily confused with
- **disuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/discuss-vs-disuse)
- **dismiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/discuss-vs-dismiss)
- **disgust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/discuss-vs-disgust)
- **discussed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/discuss-vs-discussed)
- **discus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/discus-vs-discuss)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddiscuss`, `dicsuss`, `disccuss`, `discsus`, `disscuss`, `disucss`, `dsicuss`, `idscuss`

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