disposed
/dɪˈspoʊzd/adjective, verb
disposed is spelled D-I-S-P-O-S-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, disposed means “inclined, minded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disposed?
| Letters | 8: D-I-S-P-O-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is disposed?
Disposed appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce disposed?
- US /dɪˈspoʊzd/
- UK /dɪˈspəʊzd/
Disposed has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-disposed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disposed?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disposed from its last stressed vowel (/oʊzd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of disposed
- more disposed comparative
- most disposed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disposed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
inclined, minded
- 2
Having a certain disposition.
well-disposed; ill-disposed
- 3
obsoleteInclined to mirth; jolly.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of dispose
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disposed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inclined:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.