disseminate
/dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/verb
disseminate is spelled D-I-S-S-E-M-I-N-A-T-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, disseminate means “To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disseminate?
| Letters | 11: D-I-S-S-E-M-I-N-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is disseminate?
Disseminate appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 disseminate?
- US /dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/
- US /dɪˈsɛməˌneɪt/
- Australia /dɪˈsemɪˌnæɪt/
Disseminate has 4 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: En-uk-disseminate.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Jjamesryan-disseminate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of disseminate
- disseminates present, singular, he/she/it
- disseminating participle, present
- disseminated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disseminate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
- 2
To become widespread.
The values of the human rights movement have disseminated throughout the world.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disseminate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | disséminer |
| German | verbreiten, verteilen, aussäen, veröffentlichen, ausbreiten, disseminieren |
| Portuguese | disseminar |
| Spanish | diseminar |
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.