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predisposed

adjective, verb

predisposed is spelled P-R-E-D-I-S-P-O-S-E-D: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, predisposed means “Inclined” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in predisposed?

Letters11: P-R-E-D-I-S-P-O-S-E-D
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is predisposed?

Predisposed appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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 predisposed?

    Predisposed has 3 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).

    Forms of predisposed

    • more predisposed comparative
    • most predisposed superlative

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does predisposed mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Inclined.

    2. 2

      Made susceptible to.

    verb

    1. 1

      simple past and past participle of predispose (a form of predispose)

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Predisposed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    LanguageWords
    Frenchprédisposé (inclined)
    Germangeneigt, prädisponiert (inclined), empfänglich (made susceptible)
    Portuguesepredisposto (inclined)
    Spanishpredispuesto (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.

    Where does predisposed come from?

    From pre- + disposed.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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