disputation
/dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/
"disputation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disputation” is uncommon English (frequency #86,216 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,216
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disputation · disputation · English
disputation · rank #86,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,216
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disconsolate
Nearest frequency peer: disconsolate (-2 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 “disputation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- disassociat…
disassociation
13,789 corpus weight
- discal
discal
13,788 corpus weight
- disconsolate
disconsolate
13,787 corpus weight
- disputation
disputation
13,785 corpus weight
- dodie
dodie
13,783 corpus weight
- doest
doest
13,782 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “disputation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disputation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #86,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disputation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disputation is uncommon English at frequency #86,216 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for disputation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: English dispute + -ation, from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio. The correct English form is disputation, spelled D-I-S-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
- 2A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disputation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-day disputations can be tedious.
Etymology
English dispute + -ation, from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).