disrespect
/dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/
"disrespect" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disrespect” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #12,405 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,405
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disrespect |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disrespect” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for disrespect is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,405 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for disrespect, with forms such as "ddisrespect", "dirsespect", and "diserspect". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + respect. The correct English form is disrespect, spelled D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
Definition
- 1A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.
Etymology
From dis- + respect.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddisrespect,dirsespect,diserspect,disrepsect,disresepct,disrespcet,disrespecct,disrespectt,disrespetc,disresppect,disresspect,disrrespect,disrsepect,dissrespect,dsirespect,idsrespect
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disrespect - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “disrespect”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.