disillusion
/dɪs.ɪˈluːʒən/
"disillusion" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disillusion” is uncommon English (frequency #57,344 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,344
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disillusion · disillusion · English
disillusion · rank #57,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,344
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disclaim
Nearest frequency peer: disclaim (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “disillusion”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dili
Dili
42,661 corpus weight
- Dinh
Dinh
42,659 corpus weight
- disclaim
disclaim
42,658 corpus weight
- disillusion
disillusion
42,657 corpus weight
- distinctive…
distinctiveness
42,656 corpus weight
- doldrums
doldrums
42,655 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “disillusion” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disillusion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪs.ɪˈluːʒən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #57,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disillusion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disillusion is uncommon English at frequency #57,344 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɪs.ɪˈluːʒən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.".
Zero misspellings are on record for disillusion in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + illusion: literally, the removal or undoing of illusion. The correct English form is disillusion, spelled D-I-S-I-L-L-U-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disillusion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To disillusion a man is not to break him, but to open his eyes to the machinery behind the curtain.
Etymology
From dis- + illusion: literally, the removal or undoing of illusion.
This word in other languages
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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