# disruptive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/ · frequency rank #15,805

## Definitions
1. Causing disruption or unrest.
2. Causing major change, as in a market.

## Etymology
From disrupt + -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower, see 1995 citation.

## Easily confused with
- **disruption** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disruption-vs-disruptive)
- **disrupting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disrupting-vs-disruptive)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ddisruptive`, `dirsuptive`, `disrputive`, `disrruptive`, `disrupitve`, `disrupptive`, `disruptiev`, `disruptivve`, `disrupttive`, `disruptvie`, `disrutpive`, `dissruptive`, `disurptive`, `dsiruptive`, `idsruptive`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/disruptive