disputatious
/ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃəs/
"disputatious" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disputatious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to something that is in question as to its intent or value.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disputatious · disputatious · English
disputatious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disputatious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃəs/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disputatious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disputatious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for disputatious, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From disputation, equivalent to disputati(on) + -ous. The correct English form is disputatious, spelled D-I-S-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to something that is in question as to its intent or value.
- 2Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disputatious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was followed by a disputatious gentleman, who had the temerity to maintain before the royal misocapnist (the Counterblast had not as yet issued from the monarch's lips, but his anti-nicotian prejudices were well known,) the thesis, that "tobacco must needs be good;" proceeding to his proof "by enumeration or induction, because Kings, Princes, Nobles, E…
Certainly there have been bitterly contested elections in this country before. Party spirit is always rife, and in such vivid, excitable, disputatious communities as ours are, and I trust always will be, it is the very soul of freedom.
Etymology
From disputation, equivalent to disputati(on) + -ous.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.