disinheritance
/ˌdɪsɪnˈhɛrɪtən(t)s/noun
disinheritance is a noun meaning “The act of disinheriting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-I-S-I-N-H-E-R-I-T-A-N-C-E, and it appears about once in every 46 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of disinheritance is disinheritances.
What does disinheritance mean?
noun
- 1
The act of disinheriting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce disinheritance?
- /ˌdɪsɪnˈhɛrɪtən(t)s/
- /ˌdɪsənˈhɛrətən(t)s/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of disinheritance
- disinheritances plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is disinheritance?
Disinheritance appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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).
Disinheritance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of disinheriting:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | exhérédation |
| German | Enterbung |
| Spanish | desheredación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does disinheritance come from?
From disinherit + -ance, replacing disheritance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).