disquiet
/dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/
"disquiet" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disquiet” is uncommon English (frequency #52,898 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,898
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
Corpus desk
Index EN-disquiet · disquiet · English
disquiet · rank #52,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,898
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH discontinuity
Nearest frequency peer: discontinuity (-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 “disquiet”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- discipleship
discipleship
47,105 corpus weight
- discontinui…
discontinuity
47,104 corpus weight
- disquiet
disquiet
47,103 corpus weight
- doodling
doodling
47,100 corpus weight
- doofus
doofus
47,099 corpus weight
- dotty
dotty
47,098 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “disquiet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disquiet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disquiet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disquiet is uncommon English at frequency #52,898 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind".
disquiet has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + quiet. The correct English form is disquiet, spelled D-I-S-Q-U-I-E-T.
Definition
- 1Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disquiet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My journey had been my own suggestion, and Elizabeth therefore acquiesced, but she was filled with disquiet at the idea of my suffering, away from her, the inroads of misery and grief.
Every house has its skeleton in it somewhere, and it may be a comfort to some unhappy folks to think that the luckier and most wealthy of their neighbours have their miseries and causes of disquiet.
Etymology
From dis- + quiet.
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); 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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