disposition
/ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/noun, verb
disposition is spelled D-I-S-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N. The wrong spelling people search most is dispostion: about 220 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 47 of all searches for the word. Disposition is a noun meaning “The arrangement or placement of certain things”. The plural of disposition is dispositions.
How many letters and syllables are in disposition?
| Letters | 11: D-I-S-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, dispostion, about 220 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell disposition?
Disposition is spelled D-I-S-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 47 of the searches for disposition in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is disposition?
Disposition appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 disposition?
- UK /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
- US /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
- US /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ɪn/
Disposition has 4 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-disposition.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disposition?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disposition from its last stressed vowel (/ɪʃən/):
- position
- competition
- opposition
- permission
- composition
- acquisition
- coalition
- physician
- politician
- admission
- nutrition
- expedition
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 disposition
- dispositions plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dispotion
- dispositioning participle, present
- dispositioned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disposition mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The arrangement or placement of certain things.
The scouts reported on the disposition of the enemy troops.
- 2
Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.
You will have full disposition of these funds.
- 3
Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
The court ordered the disposition of all assets.
- 4
Final decision or settlement.
The disposition of the case will be announced tomorrow.
- 5
The destination of a patient after medical treatment, especially after emergency triage, first line treatment, or surgery; the choice made for the next venue of care.
The patient was given a disposition for outpatient care, as ward admission was not indicated.
- 6
The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
This small harpsichord has a 1 x 4' disposition.
- 7
Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
I have little disposition now to do as you say.
- 8
Temperament, temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
She has a sunny disposition.
verb
- 1
To remove or place in a different position.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disposition in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | disposition , tempérament |
| German | Neigung, Gesinnung, Hang, Veranlagung, Lust , Einteilung |
| Spanish | disposición , carácter |
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.
Where does disposition come from?
From Middle English disposicioun, from Middle French disposition, from Latin dispositiōnem, accusative singular of dispositiō, from dispōnō. By surface analysis, dispose + -ition. Doublet of dispositio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).