disharmony
/dɪsˈhɑɹməni/noun
disharmony is spelled D-I-S-H-A-R-M-O-N-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, disharmony means “The absence of harmony or concordance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of disharmony is disharmonies.
How many letters and syllables are in disharmony?
| Letters | 10: D-I-S-H-A-R-M-O-N-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is disharmony?
Disharmony appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce disharmony?
- UK /dɪsˈhɑːməni/
- US /dɪsˈhɑɹməni/
Disharmony has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-disharmony.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disharmony?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disharmony from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹməni/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of disharmony
- disharmonies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disharmony mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The absence of harmony or concordance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disharmony in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the absence of harmony:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dysharmonie, désharmonie, désaccord |
| German | Disharmonie |
| Portuguese | desarmonia |
| Spanish | disarmonía, desarmonía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does disharmony come from?
From dis- + harmony.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).