disjecta membra
/dɪsˈdʒɛk.tə ˈmɛm.bɹə/
"disjecta-membra" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disjecta membra” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Scattered fragments, especially of written work.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disjecta-membra · disjecta membra · English
disjecta membra · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | 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) |
Long-tail rank of “disjecta membra” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disjecta membra is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪsˈdʒɛk.tə ˈmɛm.bɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disjecta membra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]though the whole construction be taken to pieces, are still the disjecta membra, with which the work of renovation must be begun.
A thoughtful spirit drifting upon this tide in a large city like Paris cannot but often think of this, and shiver with the feeling that beneath and all around are scattered thickly, if invisibly, putrescent corpses and whitening skeletons. But sometimes strange things do come to the surface—featureless, formless, unrecognizable objects, upon which men gaz…
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.