# displace

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪsˈpleɪs/ · frequency rank #30,005

## Definitions
1. To put out of place; to disarrange.
2. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
3. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
4. To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.
5. To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
6. To repress.

## Etymology
From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).

## Easily confused with
- **display** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/displace-vs-display)
- **displays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/displace-vs-displays)
- **displayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/displace-vs-displayed)
- **disgrace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disgrace-vs-displace)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddisplace`, `dipslace`, `dislpace`, `dispalce`, `displacce`, `displaec`, `displcae`, `displlace`, `dispplace`, `dissplace`, `dsiplace`, `idsplace`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/displace