dishonor
/dɪsˈɑnəɹ/
"dishonor" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dishonor” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,618. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,618
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - American standard spelling of dishonour.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dishonor · dishonor · English
dishonor · rank #33,618 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,618
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH directorial
Nearest frequency peer: directorial (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “dishonor”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- dilation
dilation
66,386 corpus weight
- directorial
directorial
66,384 corpus weight
- dishonor
dishonor
66,383 corpus weight
- disintegrate
disintegrate
66,382 corpus weight
- disjointed
disjointed
66,381 corpus weight
- disparaging
disparaging
66,380 corpus weight
What this shows “dishonor” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dishonor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsˈɑnəɹ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dishonor”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around dishonor (IPA /dɪsˈɑnəɹ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,618 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "American standard spelling of dishonour.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dishonor, with forms such as "ddishonor", "dihsonor", and "dishhonor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dishonour", "dishonored", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honor. The correct English form is dishonor, spelled D-I-S-H-O-N-O-R.
Definition
- 1American standard spelling of dishonour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dishonor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This prince bare alwaies in the field a greene shield, whereof he tooke his surname, and of him some forraine authors affirme, that he made an attempt to bring the whole realme of France vnder his subiection, which he performed, because his father susteined some dishonor and losse in his last voiage into that countrie.
Indeed, those old insurgents, of 1868, are gradually being canonized with crimson death-names, because they neither knew dishonor, no, nor suffered it.
Etymology
From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honor.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddishonor
- dihsonor
- dishhonor
- dishnoor
- dishonnor
- dishonorr
- dishonro
- dishoonr
- disohnor
- disshonor
- dsihonor
- idshonor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dishonor - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).