# disseminate

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/ · frequency rank #27,814

## Definitions
1. To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
2. To become widespread.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dissēminātus, the perfect passive participle of dissēminō (“to broadcast, disseminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from dis- (“asunder, in all directions”) + sēminō (“to plant, sow”), from sēmen (“seed”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English disseminat(e) (“disseminated”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`ddisseminate`, `diseminate`, `disesminate`, `disseimnate`, `dissemiante`, `disseminaet`, `disseminatte`, `disseminnate`, `dissemintae`, `dissemminate`, `dissemniate`, `dissmeinate`, `dsiseminate`, `idsseminate`

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