disinhibit
/ˌdɪsɪnˈhɪbɪt/
"disinhibit" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disinhibit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To remove an inhibition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disinhibit · disinhibit · English
disinhibit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disinhibit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˌdɪsɪnˈhɪbɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disinhibit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disinhibit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˌdɪsɪnˈhɪbɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To remove an inhibition.".
disinhibit has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + inhibit. The correct English form is disinhibit, spelled D-I-S-I-N-H-I-B-I-T.
Definition
- 1To remove an inhibition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disinhibit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Was something in the right hemisphere disinhibited by the stroke?
Etymology
From dis- + inhibit.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.