dispersal
noun
dispersal is spelled D-I-S-P-E-R-S-A-L: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dispersal means “The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dispersal is dispersals.
How many letters and syllables are in dispersal?
| Letters | 9: D-I-S-P-E-R-S-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is dispersal?
Dispersal appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 dispersal?
- US
Dispersal 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)-Vininn126-dispersal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dispersal
- dispersals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dispersal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.
- 2
A dispersal prison.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dispersal come from?
From disperse + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).