# dishonest

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɪˈsɒnɪst/ · frequency rank #14,515

## Definitions
1. Not honest; shoddy.
2. Interfering with honesty.
3. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
4. Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.

## Etymology
From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.

## Easily confused with
- **dishonesty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dishonest-vs-dishonesty)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ddishonest`, `dihsonest`, `dishhonest`, `dishnoest`, `dishoenst`, `dishonesst`, `dishonestt`, `dishonets`, `dishonnest`, `dishonset`, `disohnest`, `disshonest`, `dsihonest`, `idshonest`

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