disfigurement
/dɪsˈfɪɡ.jɚ.mənt/
"disfigurement" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disfigurement” is uncommon English (frequency #55,391 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,391
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disfigurement · disfigurement · English
disfigurement · rank #55,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,391
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disenchantment
Nearest frequency peer: disenchantment (-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 “disfigurement”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dietetics
dietetics
44,615 corpus weight
- Diggle
Diggle
44,614 corpus weight
- diploid
diploid
44,612 corpus weight
- disenchantm…
disenchantment
44,611 corpus weight
- disfigureme…
disfigurement
44,610 corpus weight
- dissociate
dissociate
44,607 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “disfigurement” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disfigurement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsˈfɪɡ.jɚ.mənt/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #55,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disfigurement” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disfigurement is uncommon English at frequency #55,391 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪsˈfɪɡ.jɚ.mənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for disfigurement in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From disfigure + -ment. The correct English form is disfigurement, spelled D-I-S-F-I-G-U-R-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disfigurement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Survivors of the crash suffered injuries ranging from broken bones to lacerations, permanent disfigurements, and psychiatric trauma.
Etymology
From disfigure + -ment.
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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