dishonor
/dɪsˈɑnəɹ/noun, verb
dishonor is spelled D-I-S-H-O-N-O-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dishonor means “American standard spelling of dishonour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dishonor is dishonors.
How many letters and syllables are in dishonor?
| Letters | 8: D-I-S-H-O-N-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th 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 dishonor?
Dishonor appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 dishonor?
- US /dɪsˈɑnəɹ/
Dishonor has 3 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: En-us-dishonor.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dishonor?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dishonor from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnəɹ/):
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 dishonor
- dishonors plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dishonour UK
- dishonoring participle, present
- dishonored participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dishonor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
American standard spelling of dishonour.
verb
- 1
American standard spelling of dishonour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dishonor come from?
From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).