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How to spell disappointment

Disappointment is spelled D-I-S-A-P-P-O-I-N-T-M-E-N-T. The part people get wrong: double P.

hear itdis·ap·point·ment/,dɪsə'pɔɪntmənt/nounAcademic

What it means: A feeling of sadness when expectations are not met.

In a sentence: I felt disappointment when my ice cream fell on the ground.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double p, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: appointment, disappoint, disappointing, disappointed, expectation. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Disappointment” comes from the Middle French word “desappointer,” meaning ‘to undo an appointment’ or ‘remove from office.’ Over time, the word shifted from the concrete idea of losing a position to the emotional feeling we now use for let-downs of all kinds.

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