displeasing
/dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ/
"displeasing" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“displeasing” is uncommon English (frequency #82,234 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,234
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unattractive, dislikable, objectionable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-displeasing · displeasing · English
displeasing · rank #82,234 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,234
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dispassionate…
Nearest frequency peer: dispassionately (-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 “displeasing”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dilatation
dilatation
17,770 corpus weight
- dispassiona…
dispassionately
17,768 corpus weight
- displeasing
displeasing
17,767 corpus weight
- divot
divot
17,766 corpus weight
- documentari…
documentarian
17,763 corpus weight
- dowsing
dowsing
17,760 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “displeasing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | displeasing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “displeasing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
displeasing is uncommon English at frequency #82,234 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɪsˈpliːzɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unattractive, dislikable, objectionable.".
displeasing has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps a calque of Old French desplaisant, from the verb desplere (“to displease”). By surface analysis, dis- + pleasing. The correct English form is displeasing, spelled D-I-S-P-L-E-A-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Unattractive, dislikable, objectionable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how displeasing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After the hurricane, the building was structurally sound but aesthetically displeasing'Bold text'.
Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice; […]
Etymology
Perhaps a calque of Old French desplaisant, from the verb desplere (“to displease”). By surface analysis, dis- + pleasing.
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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