indiscipline
"indiscipline" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“indiscipline” is uncommon English (frequency #75,989 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,989
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lack of discipline.
Corpus desk
Index EN-indiscipline · indiscipline · English
indiscipline · rank #75,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,989
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH Indic
Nearest frequency peer: Indic (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “indiscipline”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- impermanent
impermanent
24,016 corpus weight
- impulsivene…
impulsiveness
24,015 corpus weight
- incommunica…
incommunicado
24,014 corpus weight
- Indic
Indic
24,013 corpus weight
- indiscipline
indiscipline
24,012 corpus weight
- inflexibili…
inflexibility
24,010 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “indiscipline” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indiscipline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #75,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “indiscipline” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
indiscipline is uncommon English at frequency #75,989 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lack of discipline.".
indiscipline has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French indiscipline, from Middle French [Term?], from Late Latin indisciplina. The correct English form is indiscipline, spelled I-N-D-I-S-C-I-P-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Lack of discipline.
Etymology
From French indiscipline, from Middle French [Term?], from Late Latin indisciplina.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.