disintegration

/dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/

//dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən// noun

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"disintegration" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“disintegration” has 22 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,174. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,174
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
22
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A process by which anything disintegrates.

Corpus desk

Index EN-disintegration · disintegration · English

disintegration · rank #28,174 · 22 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,174
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH discerning

Nearest frequency peer: discerning (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “disintegration”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “disintegration” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

disintegration vs disintegrating
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for disintegration
PropertyValue
Headworddisintegration
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
Letters14
Frequency rank#28,174
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “disintegration”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).disintegrationlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “discerning” (#28,173), “disposing” (#28,175), “dieter” (#28,172). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “disintegration” is #28,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around disintegration (IPA /dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,174 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for disintegration, with forms such as "ddisintegration", "diisntegration", and "disinetgration". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "disintegrating", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration. The correct English form is disintegration, spelled D-I-S-I-N-T-E-G-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A process by which anything disintegrates.
  2. 2
    The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
  3. 3
    The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
  4. 4
    The process of radioactive decay.
  5. 5
    The process of radioactive decay.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how disintegration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A Pan American World Airways, Inc., B-707-321B, N761PA, experienced an explosive disintegration of the third stage turbine disk of the No. 4 engine at approximately 1410 P.d.t, June 28, 1965. The accident occurred shortly after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, at an altitude of about 800 feet above the ground. D…
  2. The sample exhibited an activity of three disintegrations per second.

Etymology

From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration.

This word in other languages

desintegración(Español)désintégration(Français)Zerfall(Deutsch)desintegração(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddisintegration
  • diisntegration
  • disinetgration
  • disinntegration
  • disintegartion
  • disinteggration
  • disintegraiton
  • disintegrasion
  • disintegratino
  • disintegrationn
  • disintegratoin
  • disintegrattion
  • disintegrration
  • disintegrtaion
  • disintergation
  • disintgeration
  • disinttegration
  • disitnegration
  • disnitegration
  • dissintegration
  • dsiintegration
  • idsintegration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disintegration - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddisintegration1diisntegration2disinetgration2disinntegration1disintegartion2disinteggration1disintegraiton2disintegrasion1
Edit distance from "disintegration"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "disintegration"?
"disintegration" is spelled D-I-S-I-N-T-E-G-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/.
What does "disintegration" mean?
As a noun, "disintegration" means: A process by which anything disintegrates.
What words are commonly confused with "disintegration"?
"disintegration" is commonly confused with "disintegrating". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "disintegration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disintegration" is /dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "disintegration"?
From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "disintegration", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list