disrecommend
/ˌdɪsɹɛkəˈmɛnd/
"disrecommend" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disrecommend” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - To recommend the opposite or negation of; to advise against.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disrecommend · disrecommend · English
disrecommend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | disrecommend |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˌdɪsɹɛkəˈmɛnd/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disrecommend” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disrecommend is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˌdɪsɹɛkəˈmɛnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To recommend the opposite or negation of; to advise against.".
Zero misspellings are on record for disrecommend in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + recommend. The correct English form is disrecommend, spelled D-I-S-R-E-C-O-M-M-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1To recommend the opposite or negation of; to advise against.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disrecommend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: deprecate, discourage, pooh-pooh, discommend (rare)
[P]ut the Caſe that the Nobleman of the ancienter Family does not indeed diſgrace his Dignity, but adds nothing to it; having nothing extraordinary to recommend him or diſrecommend him: Whereas the other, by his perſonal Merit, has rais'd himſelf to an equal Dignity. Which of the two in this Suppoſition deſerves the greater Eſteem?
Etymology
From dis- + recommend.
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.