disyllable
/daɪˈsɪləbəɫ/
"disyllable" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disyllable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A word comprising two syllables.
Corpus desk
Index EN-disyllable · disyllable · English
disyllable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disyllable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /daɪˈsɪləbəɫ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “disyllable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
disyllable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /daɪˈsɪləbəɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A word comprising two syllables.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for disyllable, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From di- + syllable. The correct English form is disyllable, spelled D-I-S-Y-L-L-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1A word comprising two syllables.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disyllable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He felt as if the play itself penetrated him with the naked elbow of his neighbour, a great stripped, handsome, red-haired lady, who conversed with a gentleman on her other side in stray dissyllables which had for his ear, in the oddest way in the world, so much sound that he wondered they hadn't more sense; and he recognised by the same law, beyond the f…
Etymology
From di- + syllable.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.