disprove
/dɪsˈpɹuv/verb
disprove is spelled D-I-S-P-R-O-V-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, disprove means “To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disprove?
| Letters | 8: D-I-S-P-R-O-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is disprove?
Disprove appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce disprove?
- UK /dɪsˈpɹuːv/
- US /dɪsˈpɹuv/
- Australia /dɪsˈpɹʉːv/
Disprove has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-disprove.wav, En-us-disprove.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Jjamesryan-disprove.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disprove?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disprove from its last stressed vowel (/uv/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of disprove
- disproves present, singular, he/she/it
- disproving participle, present
- disproved past, participle
- disproven participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disprove mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
disprove a theory
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disprove in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to refute:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réfuter, infirmer |
| German | widerlegen |
| Portuguese | desmentir, refutar |
| Spanish | refutar, rebatir, desmentir, desdecir |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does disprove come from?
From Middle English disproven, dispreven, from Old French desprover, from des- + prover, equivalent to dis- + prove.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).