disused
/ˌdɪsˈjuːzd/adjective, verb
disused is spelled D-I-S-U-S-E-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, disused means “No longer in use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disused?
| Letters | 7: D-I-S-U-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is disused?
Disused appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th 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 disused?
- /ˌdɪsˈjuːzd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-disused.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does disused mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
No longer in use.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of disuse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disused in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense no longer in use:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | désuet, désaffecté |
| Portuguese | desusado |
| Spanish | desusado |
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.