dimitavsdisipaConfusable pair

Which to use

“dimita” and “disipa” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#42,958
“dimita” frequency rank
#44,701
“disipa” frequency rank
87659
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dimita disipa
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de dimitir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disipar.

Where the eye mixes dimita and disipa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dimita and disipa follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
dimita
6 ch
disipa

Look-alike desk: dimita vs disipa

A purely visual mix-up. dimita ([d̪iˈmit̪a]) and disipa ([d̪iˈsipa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87659, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dimita is recorded at frequency rank #42,958, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈmit̪a]. disipa is at rank #44,701, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈsipa].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 87659, this pair ranks #4,324 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dimita vs disipa

Shared letters: adi. Private to "dimita": mt. Private to "disipa": ps.

"dimita" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "disipa" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dimita ← ddimita · diimta · dimiat · dimitta · dimmita · dimtia · dmiita · idmita
  • disipa ← ddisipa · dicipa · diispa · disiap · disippa · dispia · dissipa · dsiipa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dimita" for "disipa" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iˈmit̪a] versus [d̪iˈsipa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dimita" or "disipa" show up more?
"dimita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,958 in our Spanish list, against #44,701 for "disipa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "dimita" and "disipa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dimita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disipa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,324 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dimita" and "disipa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delimita vs dimita". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #4,324 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list