# disposition

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ · frequency rank #15,387

## Definitions
1. The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
2. The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
3. The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
4. The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
5. The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
6. The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
7. The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
8. The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
9. Provision; clause.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **deposition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deposition-vs-disposition)

## Common misspellings (17)
`ddisposition`, `dipsosition`, `disopsition`, `dispoistion`, `disposiiton`, `disposision`, `dispositino`, `dispositionn`, `dispositoin`, `disposittion`, `dispossition`, `dispostiion`, `dispposition`, `dispsoition`, `dissposition`, `dsiposition`, `idsposition`

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