predispose
"predispose" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“predispose” is uncommon English (frequency #68,549 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,549
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
Corpus desk
Index EN-predispose · predispose · English
predispose · rank #68,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,549
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH prego
Nearest frequency peer: prego (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “predispose”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Portadown
Portadown
31,456 corpus weight
- porthole
porthole
31,455 corpus weight
- predispose
predispose
31,452 corpus weight
- prego
prego
31,451 corpus weight
- preparer
preparer
31,450 corpus weight
- privatise
privatise
31,448 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “predispose” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | predispose |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “predispose” in English
Rare enough to double-check
predispose is uncommon English at frequency #68,549 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for predispose in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Either a back-formation from predisposition or borrowed from Middle French predisposer. The correct English form is predispose, spelled P-R-E-D-I-S-P-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
- 2To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
Etymology
Either a back-formation from predisposition or borrowed from Middle French predisposer.
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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