dispassionate
/dɪsˈpæʃənət/
"dispassionate" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dispassionate” is uncommon English (frequency #51,066 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,066
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dispassionate · dispassionate · English
dispassionate · rank #51,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,066
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH discursive
Nearest frequency peer: discursive (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “dispassionate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- discouragem…
discouragement
48,937 corpus weight
- discursive
discursive
48,936 corpus weight
- dispassiona…
dispassionate
48,935 corpus weight
- disrepute
disrepute
48,933 corpus weight
- divan
divan
48,932 corpus weight
- Dixit
Dixit
48,931 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dispassionate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dispassionate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪsˈpæʃənət/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #51,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dispassionate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dispassionate is uncommon English at frequency #51,066 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɪsˈpæʃənət/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dispassionate, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + passionate. The correct English form is dispassionate, spelled D-I-S-P-A-S-S-I-O-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dispassionate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yes, I suppose the news should just be a dispassionate list of all the events that have occurred the world over during the day. That would be good. Except, of course, it would take forever.
Etymology
From dis- + passionate.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).