# dysfunctional

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #18,064

## Definitions
1. Not performing its proper or intended function.
2. Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.

## Etymology
From dysfunction + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **dysfunction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dysfunction-vs-dysfunctional)

## Common misspellings (21)
`ddysfunctional`, `dsyfunctional`, `dyfsunctional`, `dysffunctional`, `dysfnuctional`, `dysfucntional`, `dysfuncctional`, `dysfuncitonal`, `dysfunctinoal`, `dysfunctioanl`, `dysfunctionall`, `dysfunctionla`, `dysfunctionnal`, `dysfunctoinal`, `dysfuncttional`, `dysfunnctional`, `dysfuntcional`, `dyssfunctional`, `dysufnctional`, `dyysfunctional`, `ydsfunctional`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dysfunctional