disown
/dɪsˈəʊn/
"disown" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disown” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,659
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disown · disown · English
disown · rank #40,659 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,659
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disintegrating
Nearest frequency peer: disintegrating (-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 “disown”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dimple
dimple
59,346 corpus weight
- disengageme…
disengagement
59,345 corpus weight
- dishing
dishing
59,344 corpus weight
- disintegrat…
disintegrating
59,343 corpus weight
- disown
disown
59,342 corpus weight
- distilling
distilling
59,339 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “disown” 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 | disown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪsˈəʊn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disown” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around disown (IPA /dɪsˈəʊn/), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,659 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for disown, with forms such as "ddisown", "dioswn", and "disonw". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "down", "Dixon", "drown", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + own. The correct English form is disown, spelled D-I-S-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
- 2To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
- 3To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disown appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.
Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was.
Etymology
From dis- + own.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddisown
- dioswn
- disonw
- disownn
- disowwn
- dissown
- diswon
- dsiown
- idsown
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disown - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "disown", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "disown" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "down". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #40,659 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
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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.