dissuade
/dɪˈsweɪd/
"dissuade" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dissuade” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #28,519 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #28,519
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To convince not to try or do.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dissuade |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪˈsweɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dissuade” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dissuade is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪˈsweɪd/. Corpus data places it at rank #28,519 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To convince not to try or do.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dissuade, with forms such as "ddissuade", "dissaude", and "dissuadde". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuādeō (“I urge differently”, “I advise against”, “I dissuade”), from dis- (“away from”, “asunder”) + suādeō (“I recommend”, “I advise”, “I urge”). The correct English form is dissuade, spelled D-I-S-S-U-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1To convince not to try or do.
Etymology
From Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuādeō (“I urge differently”, “I advise against”, “I dissuade”), from dis- (“away from”, “asunder”) + suādeō (“I recommend”, “I advise”, “I urge”).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddissuade,dissaude,dissuadde,dissuaed,dissudae,disuade,disusade,dsisuade,idssuade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dissuade - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “dissuade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-S-S-U-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪˈsweɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.