disenchantment
/ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntmənt/
"disenchantment" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disenchantment” is uncommon English (frequency #55,390 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,390
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disenchantment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntmənt/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #55,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disenchantment” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
disenchantment is uncommon English at frequency #55,390 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntmənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for disenchantment, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + enchantment. In the social sciences sense a calque of German Entzauberung, as used by sociologist Max Weber. The correct English form is disenchantment, spelled D-I-S-E-N-C-H-A-N-T-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.
- 2Freeing from false belief or illusions.
- 3The devaluation of religion or mysticism apparent in modern society.
Etymology
From dis- + enchantment. In the social sciences sense a calque of German Entzauberung, as used by sociologist Max Weber.
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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- The one correct English spelling is D-I-S-E-N-C-H-A-N-T-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.