disunity
/dɪsˈjuːnɪti/
"disunity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disunity” is uncommon English (frequency #56,073 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,073
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The lack of unity or cohesion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disunity · disunity · English
disunity · rank #56,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,073
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH distro
Nearest frequency peer: distro (-1 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 “disunity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- disclaimers
disclaimers
43,930 corpus weight
- distro
distro
43,929 corpus weight
- disunity
disunity
43,928 corpus weight
- DNF
DNF
43,926 corpus weight
- dof
dof
43,925 corpus weight
- dono
dono
43,924 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “disunity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disunity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsˈjuːnɪti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disunity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disunity is uncommon English at frequency #56,073 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪsˈjuːnɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The lack of unity or cohesion.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for disunity, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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- + unity. The correct English form is disunity, spelled D-I-S-U-N-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The lack of unity or cohesion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disunity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Others support either the North or the Free State; and so where there is disunity there is dissension.
Etymology
From dis- + unity.
Antonyms
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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