dispersive
"dispersive" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dispersive” is uncommon English (frequency #69,001 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,001
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That becomes dispersed
Corpus desk
Index EN-dispersive · dispersive · English
dispersive · rank #69,001 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,001
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disentangle
Nearest frequency peer: disentangle (-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 “dispersive”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- digitalis
digitalis
31,005 corpus weight
- dingus
dingus
31,003 corpus weight
- disbelieving
disbelieving
31,002 corpus weight
- disentangle
disentangle
31,001 corpus weight
- dispersive
dispersive
31,000 corpus weight
- divestiture
divestiture
30,999 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dispersive” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dispersive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dispersive” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dispersive is uncommon English at frequency #69,001 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dispersive, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From disperse + -ive. The correct English form is dispersive, spelled D-I-S-P-E-R-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1That becomes dispersed
- 2That causes dispersion
Etymology
From disperse + -ive.
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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