disinterested
/(ˌ)dɪsˈɪntɹɪstɪd/
"disinterested" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disinterested” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,354
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having no interest or stake in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disinterested · disinterested · English
disinterested · rank #32,354 · 20 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,354
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dictatorial
Nearest frequency peer: dictatorial (-2 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 “disinterested”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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dermatitis
67,653 corpus weight
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desiring
67,652 corpus weight
- devaluation
devaluation
67,650 corpus weight
- dictatorial
dictatorial
67,649 corpus weight
- disinterest…
disinterested
67,647 corpus weight
- dist
dist
67,643 corpus weight
What this shows “disinterested” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disinterested |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /(ˌ)dɪsˈɪntɹɪstɪd/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #32,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “disinterested”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around disinterested (IPA /(ˌ)dɪsˈɪntɹɪstɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,354 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for disinterested, with forms such as "ddisinterested", "diisnterested", and "disinetrested". 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, "disinterest", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From disinterest (“to cause to be impartial”, verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tense or past participle forms of verbs), or from dis- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + interested (“having a stake in; showing interest”, adjective). The correct English form is disinterested, spelled D-I-S-I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having no interest or stake in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial.
- 2Synonym of uninterested (“not interested; not concerned; indifferent”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disinterested appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[W]e ought to try our compoſures this vvay; by vvhich the ſoul, receiving them more remotely, conveyed to the ear by the voice, and from this returned to her, as it vvere, from abroad, and that onely in a tranſient ſound, ſits novv as the moſt diſintereſted Arbiter, and impartial judge of her ovvn vvorks, that ſhe can be.
[E]very one pretended to Right and Liberty, and to publick Good, and made loud Noiſes of their unbiaſs'd Juſtice, diſintereſted Actings, and vaſt Moderation, and yet vvere all fighting and ſnarling for Dominion over one another.
Etymology
From disinterest (“to cause to be impartial”, verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tense or past participle forms of verbs), or from dis- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + interested (“having a stake in; showing interest”, adjective).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddisinterested
- diisnterested
- disinetrested
- disinnterested
- disinteersted
- disinteresetd
- disinteressted
- disinterestde
- disinterestedd
- disinterestted
- disinteretsed
- disinterrested
- disinterseted
- disintreested
- disintterested
- disitnerested
- disniterested
- dissinterested
- dsiinterested
- idsinterested
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disinterested - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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