displease
/dɪsˈpliːz/
"displease" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“displease” is uncommon English (frequency #74,902 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,902
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-displease · displease · English
displease · rank #74,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,902
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dismissively
Nearest frequency peer: dismissively (-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 “displease”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- destructor
destructor
25,108 corpus weight
- Devaney
Devaney
25,106 corpus weight
- disjunction
disjunction
25,101 corpus weight
- dismissively
dismissively
25,100 corpus weight
- displease
displease
25,099 corpus weight
- distaff
distaff
25,098 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “displease” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | displease |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪsˈpliːz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “displease” in English
Rare enough to double-check
displease is uncommon English at frequency #74,902 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɪsˈpliːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for displease, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere). The correct English form is displease, spelled D-I-S-P-L-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
- 2To give displeasure or offense.
- 3To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how displease appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The boy's rudeness displeased me.
I felt displeased with the boy.
Etymology
English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere).
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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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