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disparage

/dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/verb

disparage is spelled D-I-S-P-A-R-A-G-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, disparage means “To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in disparage?

Letters9: D-I-S-P-A-R-A-G-E
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 48,230th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is disparage?

Disparage appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce disparage?

  • UK /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • US /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • /dɪsˈpɛɹɪd͡ʒ/

Disparage has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-disparage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with disparage?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disparage from its last stressed vowel (/æɹɪdʒ/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of disparage

  • disparages present, singular, he/she/it
  • disparaging participle, present
  • disparaged participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does disparage mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    obsoleteTo match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.

  2. 2

    To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

    August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious

  3. 3

    To ridicule, mock, discredit.

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteInequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Disparage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmésalliance (marriage), dénigrer (to dishonor by a comparison)
Germannicht standesgemäße Ehe, Missheirat (marriage), herabsetzen, herabwürdigen, entehren, verächtlich machen (to dishonor by a comparison)
Portuguesedenegrir (to dishonor by a comparison)
Spanishdenigrar, menospreciar (to dishonor by a comparison)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does disparage come from?

From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- (“dis-”) + parage (“equal rank, rank”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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