dislocation

/dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃn̩/

//dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃn̩// noun

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"dislocation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“dislocation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,025. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,025
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

Corpus desk

Index EN-dislocation · dislocation · English

dislocation · rank #34,025 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,025
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH discarding

Nearest frequency peer: discarding (-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 “dislocation”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “dislocation” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dislocation vs dissociation
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dislocation
PropertyValue
Headworddislocation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃn̩/
Letters11
Frequency rank#34,025
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dislocation”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).dislocationlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “discarding” (#34,023), “distinguishable” (#34,027), “disband” (#34,022). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “dislocation” is #34,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around dislocation (IPA /dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃn̩/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,025 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for dislocation, with forms such as "ddislocation", "dilsocation", and "dislcoation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "dissociation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English, from Old French, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dislocātiō, delocatio. The correct English form is dislocation, spelled D-I-S-L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
  2. 2
    The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.
  3. 3
    The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
  4. 4
    A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal.
  5. 5
    A sentence structure in which a constituent that could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of a clause occurs outside of and adjacent to the clause boundaries.
  6. 6
    In men's gymnastics, a rotating of the shoulders when performing a backwards turn on the still rings. Many skills in acrobatics appear to involve dislocating a joint, when they actually do not.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dislocation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. As mentioned last month in the article "Railways and the War," the emergency timetables were planned in view of the possibility of serious dislocation of transport by air raids in the early days of the war, and were regarded as the minimum service which would keep the activities of the country alive.
  2. At large stations such as Euston and Birmingham New Street, it is essential to compress the station reconstruction, re-signalling and overhead wiring into the shortest possible time, not only to minimise the period of traffic dislocation but also to ensure completion by the time the remainder of the lines is electrified.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dislocātiō, delocatio.

This word in other languages

luxación(Español)luxation(Français)Verrenkung(Deutsch)deslocamento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddislocation
  • dilsocation
  • dislcoation
  • disllocation
  • disloaction
  • dislocaiton
  • dislocasion
  • dislocatino
  • dislocationn
  • dislocatoin
  • dislocattion
  • disloccation
  • disloctaion
  • disolcation
  • disslocation
  • dsilocation
  • idslocation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dislocation - 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.

ddislocation1dilsocation2dislcoation2disllocation1disloaction2dislocaiton2dislocasion1dislocatino2
Edit distance from "dislocation"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dislocation"?
"dislocation" is spelled D-I-S-L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃn̩/.
What does "dislocation" mean?
As a noun, "dislocation" means: The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
What words are commonly confused with "dislocation"?
"dislocation" is commonly confused with "dissociation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dislocation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dislocation" is /dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃn̩/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "dislocation"?
From Middle English, from Old French, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dislocātiō, delocatio. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dislocation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list