Which to use
“disclosed” is an adjective and “disposed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,596
- “disclosed” frequency rank
- #13,903
- “disposed” frequency rank
- 23499
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disclosed | disposed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Made known; admitted. | simple past and past participle of dispose |
Letter map: disclosed vs disposed
Shared letters muted; letters that set disclosed and disposed apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. disclosed runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVC) against disposed's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - disclosed and disposed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: disclosed is anadjective and disposedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disclosed is recorded at frequency rank #9,596, classified as anadj. disposed is at rank #13,903, tagged as averb, pronounced /dɪˈspoʊzd/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 23499, this pair ranks #408,818 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of disclosed vs disposed
Shared letters: deios. Private to "disclosed": cl. Private to "disposed": p.
"disclosed" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "disposed" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "disclosed" vs "disposed" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "disclosed" and "disposed". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "disclosed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disposed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,818 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disclosed" and "disposed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disposed vs disused". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #408,818 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.