disposition
/ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
"disposition" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“disposition” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,387. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,387
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
Corpus desk
Index EN-disposition · disposition · English
disposition · rank #15,387 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #15,387
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Disneyland
Nearest frequency peer: Disneyland (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “disposition”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- diner
diner
84,617 corpus weight
- dipping
dipping
84,616 corpus weight
- Disneyland
Disneyland
84,615 corpus weight
- disposition
disposition
84,614 corpus weight
- DJs
DJs
84,613 corpus weight
- dripping
dripping
84,611 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “disposition” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | disposition |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #15,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disposition” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around disposition (IPA /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,387 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for disposition, with forms such as "ddisposition", "dipsosition", and "disopsition". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "deposition", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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. The correct English form is disposition, spelled D-I-S-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
- 2The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
- 3The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
- 4The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
- 5The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
- 6The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
- 7The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
- 8The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
- 9Provision; clause.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how disposition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The scouts reported on the disposition of the enemy troops.
The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
Etymology
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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddisposition
- dipsosition
- disopsition
- dispoistion
- disposiiton
- disposision
- dispositino
- dispositionn
- dispositoin
- disposittion
- dispossition
- dispostiion
- dispposition
- dispsoition
- dissposition
- dsiposition
- idsposition
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disposition - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "deposition". View pair
- 17 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,387 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.