disrepute
/dɪsɹɪˈpjuːt/noun, verb
disrepute is spelled D-I-S-R-E-P-U-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, disrepute means “Loss or want of reputation; ill character” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disrepute?
| Letters | 9: D-I-S-R-E-P-U-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,129th 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 disrepute?
Disrepute appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th 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 disrepute?
- UK /dɪsɹɪˈpjuːt/
Disrepute has 3 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-disrepute.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disrepute?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disrepute from its last stressed vowel (/ut/, British pronunciation):
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 disrepute
- disreputes present, singular, he/she/it
- disreputing participle, present
- disreputed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disrepute mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Loss or want of reputation; ill character.
verb
- 1
To bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disrepute in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ill character:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | discrédit |
| Portuguese | descrédito |
| Spanish | desprestigio, descrédito |
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 disrepute come from?
From dis- + repute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).