disservice
/dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs/
"disservice" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disservice” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #31,955 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #31,955
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
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Browse all word comparisons →| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disservice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #31,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disservice” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for disservice is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #31,955 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for disservice, with forms such as "ddisservice", "diservice", and "disesrvice". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dis- + service. The correct English form is disservice, spelled D-I-S-S-E-R-V-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
Etymology
From dis- + service.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddisservice,diservice,disesrvice,disserivce,disserrvice,disservcie,disservicce,disserviec,disservvice,dissevrice,dissrevice,dsiservice,idsservice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disservice - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “disservice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-S-S-E-R-V-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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