# disk

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪsk/ · frequency rank #7,008

## Definitions
1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
2. A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.
3. Something resembling a disk.
4. An intervertebral disc
5. A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
6. Ellipsis of floppy disk.
7. Ellipsis of hard disk.
8. Ellipsis of optical disk.
9. A type of harrow.
10. A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικεῖν (dikeîn, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.

## Easily confused with
- **DS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-ds)
- **DIY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-diy)
- **DOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dos)
- **DJs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-djs)
- **div** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-div)
- **DPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dps)
- **DSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dsm)
- **DMs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dms)
- **Dix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dix)
- **DSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dsp)
- **dit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dit)
- **DSL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dsl)
- **DTs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dts)
- **DSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dsa)
- **DSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dsi)
- **dust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dust)
- **duck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-duck)
- **dose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dose)
- **dive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dive)
- **dock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disk-vs-dock)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ddisk`, `diks`, `diskk`, `dissk`, `dsik`, `idsk`

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