# dispersal

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,142

## Definitions
1. The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.
2. A dispersal prison.

## Etymology
From disperse + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **disposal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dispersal-vs-disposal)
- **disperse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dispersal-vs-disperse)
- **dispersed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dispersal-vs-dispersed)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ddispersal`, `dipsersal`, `diseprsal`, `disperasl`, `disperrsal`, `dispersall`, `dispersla`, `disperssal`, `dispesral`, `disppersal`, `dispresal`, `disspersal`, `dsipersal`, `idspersal`

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