dishonourable
"dishonourable" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dishonourable” is uncommon English (frequency #70,607 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,607
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - British standard spelling of dishonorable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dishonourable · dishonourable · English
dishonourable · rank #70,607 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,607
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH digression
Nearest frequency peer: digression (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “dishonourable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- digression
digression
29,396 corpus weight
- dishonourab…
dishonourable
29,394 corpus weight
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dolor
29,391 corpus weight
- domina
domina
29,389 corpus weight
- domus
domus
29,388 corpus weight
- doxycycline
doxycycline
29,387 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dishonourable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dishonourable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #70,607 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dishonourable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dishonourable is uncommon English at frequency #70,607 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "British standard spelling of dishonorable.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dishonourable, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is dishonourable, spelled D-I-S-H-O-N-O-U-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1British standard spelling of dishonorable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dishonourable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He adhered to the forms of his religion rather because he felt it would be dishonourable to change that of his fathers, than from any rational or sincere belief of its mysterious doctrines.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).