dissonant
/ˈdɪsənənt/
"dissonant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dissonant” is uncommon English (frequency #51,662 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,662
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing; not harmonizing or melodizing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dissonant · dissonant · English
dissonant · rank #51,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,662
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disassembly
Nearest frequency peer: disassembly (-2 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 “dissonant”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- digitization
digitization
48,343 corpus weight
- dinos
dinos
48,342 corpus weight
- disassembly
disassembly
48,341 corpus weight
- dissonant
dissonant
48,339 corpus weight
- Doric
Doric
48,336 corpus weight
- doting
doting
48,335 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dissonant” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dissonant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdɪsənənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dissonant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dissonant is uncommon English at frequency #51,662 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdɪsənənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
dissonant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French dissonant. The correct English form is dissonant, spelled D-I-S-S-O-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing; not harmonizing or melodizing.
- 2Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing or harmonizing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dissonant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The music was filled with dissonant chords.
Alaudinov's framing of himself, and by extension of the Chechen forces under his command, as a capable defensive body is also dissonant with the widespread perception of the efficacy of Chechen forces within the wider Russian information space.
Etymology
From Middle French dissonant.
This word in other languages
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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