disembowel
[dɪsɪmˈbaʊ(ə)ɫ]
"disembowel" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disembowel” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disembowel · disembowel · English
disembowel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disembowel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dɪsɪmˈbaʊ(ə)ɫ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disembowel” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disembowel is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dɪsɪmˈbaʊ(ə)ɫ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for disembowel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + embowel. The correct English form is disembowel, spelled D-I-S-E-M-B-O-W-E-L.
Definition
- 1To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
- 2To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disembowel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
`Yea. The people of Kôr ever embalmed their dead, as did the Egyptians, but their art was greater than the art of the Egyptians, for, whereas the Egyptians disembowelled and drew the brain, the people of Kôr injected fluid into the veins, and thus reached every part.'
Etymology
From dis- + embowel.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.