dissimilarity
/dɪˌsɪmɪˈlæɹɪti/noun
dissimilarity is spelled D-I-S-S-I-M-I-L-A-R-I-T-Y: 13 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dissimilarity means “A lack of similarity or a lack of likeness in appearance to something else” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dissimilarity is dissimilarities.
How many letters and syllables are in dissimilarity?
| Letters | 13: D-I-S-S-I-M-I-L-A-R-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dissimilarity?
Dissimilarity appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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 dissimilarity?
- UK /dɪˌsɪmɪˈlæɹɪti/
Dissimilarity has 6 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dissimilarity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dissimilarity?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dissimilarity from its last stressed vowel (/æɹɪti/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dissimilarity
- dissimilarities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dissimilarity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lack of similarity or a lack of likeness in appearance to something else.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dissimilarity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lack of similarity in appearance to something else:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dissimilitude |
| Portuguese | dissimilaridade, dessemelhança |
| Spanish | desemejanza, disimilitud |
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.
Where does dissimilarity come from?
From dis- + similarity or dissimilar + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).