# disobedience

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪəns/ · frequency rank #20,098

## Definitions
1. Refusal to obey.

## Etymology
From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience. By surface analysis, dis- + obedience. Displaced native Old English unhīersumnes.

## Easily confused with
- **disobedient** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disobedience-vs-disobedient)

## Common misspellings (18)
`ddisobedience`, `diosbedience`, `disboedience`, `disobbedience`, `disobdeience`, `disobeddience`, `disobedeince`, `disobediance`, `disobediecne`, `disobediencce`, `disobedienec`, `disobediennce`, `disobedinece`, `disobeidence`, `disoebdience`, `dissobedience`, `dsiobedience`, `idsobedience`

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