# disguise

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ · frequency rank #10,840

## Definitions
1. Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
2. The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath.
3. The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy.
4. A change of behaviour resulting from intoxication, drunkenness.

## Etymology
From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).

## Easily confused with
- **disuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disguise-vs-disuse)
- **disgust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disguise-vs-disgust)
- **disguised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disguise-vs-disguised)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddisguise`, `digsuise`, `disgguise`, `disgiuse`, `disguies`, `disguisse`, `disgusie`, `dissguise`, `disugise`, `dsiguise`, `idsguise`

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