dismissive
/dɪsˈmɪs.ɪv/
"dismissive" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dismissive” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,125
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dismissive · dismissive · English
dismissive · rank #27,125 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #27,125
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dilapidated
Nearest frequency peer: dilapidated (-1 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 “dismissive”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Devlin
Devlin
72,880 corpus weight
- diffraction
diffraction
72,878 corpus weight
- dilapidated
dilapidated
72,877 corpus weight
- dismissive
dismissive
72,876 corpus weight
- doable
doable
72,874 corpus weight
- doorbell
doorbell
72,873 corpus weight
What this shows “dismissive” 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 | dismissive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪsˈmɪs.ɪv/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dismissive”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around dismissive (IPA /dɪsˈmɪs.ɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,125 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for dismissive, with forms such as "ddismissive", "dimsissive", and "disimssive". 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, "dismissing", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dismiss + -ive. The correct English form is dismissive, spelled D-I-S-M-I-S-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dismissive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I was openly dismissive about transubstantiation, by which the host is consecrated, and according to Catholic doctrine, literally turns from mere bread into the body of Christ. “But all the atoms stay the same!” I would insist. “That makes no sense!”
Etymology
From dismiss + -ive.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddismissive
- dimsissive
- disimssive
- dismisisve
- dismisive
- dismissiev
- dismissivve
- dismissvie
- dismmissive
- dismsisive
- dissmissive
- dsimissive
- idsmissive
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dismissive - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dismissive", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).