dissembling
"dissembling" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dissembling” is uncommon English (frequency #87,220 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,220
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The action of the verb dissemble
Corpus desk
Index EN-dissembling · dissembling · English
dissembling · rank #87,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,220
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disinvestment
Nearest frequency peer: disinvestment (-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 “dissembling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dilley
Dilley
12,786 corpus weight
- disbarment
disbarment
12,785 corpus weight
- discombobul…
discombobulated
12,784 corpus weight
- disfavor
disfavor
12,783 corpus weight
- disinvestme…
disinvestment
12,782 corpus weight
- dissembling
dissembling
12,781 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dissembling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dissembling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dissembling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dissembling is uncommon English at frequency #87,220 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The action of the verb dissemble".
dissembling has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is dissembling, spelled D-I-S-S-E-M-B-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The action of the verb dissemble
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dissembling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The lies and dissemblings about this period are beyond most people's imaginations.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).