dispersed
/dɪˈspɝst/
"dispersed" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dispersed” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,937. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,937
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spread out in space and/or time; not concentrated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dispersed · dispersed · English
dispersed · rank #14,937 · 14 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,937
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH diocese
Nearest frequency peer: diocese (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “dispersed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- despise
despise
85,067 corpus weight
- destroyer
destroyer
85,066 corpus weight
- diocese
diocese
85,065 corpus weight
- dispersed
dispersed
85,064 corpus weight
- doorstep
doorstep
85,062 corpus weight
- embarked
embarked
85,060 corpus weight
What this shows “dispersed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dispersed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪˈspɝst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dispersed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around dispersed (IPA /dɪˈspɝst/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,937 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Spread out in space and/or time; not concentrated.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for dispersed, with forms such as "ddispersed", "dipsersed", and "diseprsed". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "disposed", "displeased", "disperse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is dispersed, spelled D-I-S-P-E-R-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1Spread out in space and/or time; not concentrated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dispersed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One other problem studied relates to the potential impact of human waste disposal from dispersed road recreation -- a matter of concern to many managers we've talked to .
Practised in the context of a social movement, dispersed leadership has opened opportunities for women to adopt feminalist styles of leadership that invite and increase the participation of women as a group, while it has also provided the means to advance feminist agendas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddispersed
- dipsersed
- diseprsed
- disperesd
- disperrsed
- dispersde
- dispersedd
- disperssed
- dispesred
- disppersed
- dispresed
- disspersed
- dsipersed
- idspersed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dispersed - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).