disparate
/ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/adjective, noun
disparate is spelled D-I-S-P-A-R-A-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, disparate means “Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disparate?
| Letters | 9: D-I-S-P-A-R-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 disparate?
Disparate appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th 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 disparate?
- UK /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/
- UK /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹɪt/
- US /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/
Disparate 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: En-us-disparate-2.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disparate?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as disparate (/ɪspɹət/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: aspirated.
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 disparate
- more disparate comparative
- most disparate superlative
- disparates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disparate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background.
- 2
Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs.
- 3
Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.
noun
- 1
Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disparate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense composed of inherently different elements:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | disparate |
| German | disparat, verschieden, ungleich, ungleichartig |
| Portuguese | disperso |
| Spanish | dispar, heterogéneo, variado, discrepante, disparejo |
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.