disorder
/dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/
"disorder" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disorder” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,226
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disorder · disorder · English
disorder · rank #4,226 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,226
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,416
- PHOTO-FINISH discrimination
Nearest frequency peer: discrimination (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “disorder”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- database
database
95,778 corpus weight
- define
define
95,777 corpus weight
- discriminat…
discrimination
95,776 corpus weight
- disorder
disorder
95,775 corpus weight
- distributed
distributed
95,774 corpus weight
- districts
districts
95,773 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “disorder” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | disorder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disorder” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around disorder (IPA /dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,226 among 26,416 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for disorder, with forms such as "ddisorder", "diosrder", and "disodrer". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "disorderly", "disordered", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order. The correct English form is disorder, spelled D-I-S-O-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
- 2A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
- 3A physical or mental malfunction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disorder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After playing the children left the room in disorder.
It was a household in permanent and benevolent disorder, pervaded by the gentle thrill of religious persecution.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddisorder
- diosrder
- disodrer
- disordder
- disorderr
- disordre
- disoredr
- disorrder
- disroder
- dissorder
- dsiorder
- idsorder
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disorder - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "disorder", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.