disjecta membra
/dɪsˈdʒɛk.tə ˈmɛm.bɹə/
"disjecta-membra" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disjecta membra” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Scattered fragments, especially of written work.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disjecta membra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsˈdʒɛk.tə ˈmɛm.bɹə/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disjecta membra” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for disjecta membra is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪsˈdʒɛk.tə ˈmɛm.bɹə/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Scattered fragments, especially of written work.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for disjecta membra, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of Horace’s Latin phrase disjecti membra poetae (“limbs of a dismembered poet”). The correct English form is disjecta membra, spelled D-I-S-J-E-C-T-A- -M-E-M-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1Scattered fragments, especially of written work.
Etymology
Alteration of Horace’s Latin phrase disjecti membra poetae (“limbs of a dismembered poet”).
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.
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Using “disjecta membra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-S-J-E-C-T-A- -M-E-M-B-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.