dispersion
/dɪˈspɝʒən/noun
dispersion is spelled D-I-S-P-E-R-S-I-O-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dispersion means “The state of being dispersed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dispersion is dispersions.
How many letters and syllables are in dispersion?
| Letters | 10: D-I-S-P-E-R-S-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 dispersion?
Dispersion appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 dispersion?
- UK /dɪˈspɜːʒən/
- US /dɪˈspɝʒən/
- Australia /dɪˈspɜːʒən/
Dispersion 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-dispersion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dispersion?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dispersion from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹʒən/):
- version
- conversion
- Persian
- diversion
- immersion
- excursion
- coercion
- aversion
- subversion
- perversion
- emersion
- retroversion
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 dispersion
- dispersions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dispersion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being dispersed.
- 2
A process of dispersing.
- 3
The degree of scatter of data.
- 4
The separation of waves of different frequency in space or time; the amount of such separation.
- 5
The removal of inflammation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dispersion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dispersion |
| German | Verteilung |
| Portuguese | dispersão |
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 dispersion come from?
From disperse + -ion, from Middle English dispersioun, from Old French dispersion, from Latin dispersiō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).