disproportionately
/ˈdɪs.pɹəˌpɔɹ.ʃən.ət.li/
"disproportionately" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disproportionately” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #19,579 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #19,579
- frequency rank, English
- 18
- letters
- 28
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in a disproportionate manner
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disproportionately |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈdɪs.pɹəˌpɔɹ.ʃən.ət.li/ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #19,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 28 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disproportionately” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for disproportionately is 18 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɪs.pɹəˌpɔɹ.ʃən.ət.li/. Corpus data places it at rank #19,579 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in a disproportionate manner".
Our generated misspelling index lists 28 likely wrong-spelling variants for disproportionately, with forms such as "ddisproportionately", "dipsroportionately", and "disporportionately". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "disproportionate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From disproportionate + -ly. The correct English form is disproportionately, spelled D-I-S-P-R-O-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-A-T-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1in a disproportionate manner
Etymology
From disproportionate + -ly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddisproportionately,dipsroportionately,disporportionately,dispproportionately,disprooprtionately,disproporitonately,disproporrtionately,disproportinoately,disproportioantely,disproportionaetly,disproportionatelly,disproportionatelyy,disproportionateyl,disproportionatley,disproportionattely,disproportionnately,disproportiontaely,disproportoinately,disproporttionately,dispropotrionately,dispropportionately,disproprotionately,disprpoortionately,disprroportionately,disrpoportionately,dissproportionately,dsiproportionately,idsproportionately
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disproportionately - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “disproportionately”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-S-P-R-O-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-A-T-E-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdɪs.pɹəˌpɔɹ.ʃən.ət.li/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “disproportionate” - see the side-by-side comparison. disproportionately vs disproportionate
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.