# disintegration

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #28,174

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

## Etymology
From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration.

## Easily confused with
- **disintegrating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disintegrating-vs-disintegration)

## Common misspellings (22)
`ddisintegration`, `diisntegration`, `disinetgration`, `disinntegration`, `disintegartion`, `disinteggration`, `disintegraiton`, `disintegrasion`, `disintegratino`, `disintegrationn`, `disintegratoin`, `disintegrattion`, `disintegrration`, `disintegrtaion`, `disintergation`, `disintgeration`, `disinttegration`, `disitnegration`, `disnitegration`, `dissintegration`, `dsiintegration`, `idsintegration`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/disintegration