disgustosvsdispuestosTell them apart

Quick tell: disgustos is a noun, dispuestos is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“disgustos” is a noun and “dispuestos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,995
“disgustos” frequency rank
#4,596
“dispuestos” frequency rank
39591
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disgustos dispuestos
Definition Forma del plural de disgusto. Forma del plural de dispuesto, participio irregular de disponer o de disponerse.

Where the eye mixes disgustos and dispuestos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disgustos runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against dispuestos's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
disgustos
10 ch
dispuestos

Look-alike desk: disgustos vs dispuestos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: disgustos is [d̪isˈɣ̞ust̪os] while dispuestos is [d̪isˈpwest̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disgustos is recorded at frequency rank #34,995, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪isˈɣ̞ust̪os]. dispuestos is at rank #4,596, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪isˈpwest̪os].

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 39591, this pair ranks #163,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disgustos vs dispuestos

Shared letters: diostu. Private to "disgustos": g. Private to "dispuestos": ep.

"disgustos" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "dispuestos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disgustos ← ddisgustos · digsustos · disggustos · disgsutos · disgusots · disgusstos · disgustoss · disgustso
  • dispuestos ← ddispuestos · dipsuestos · dispeustos · disppuestos · dispuesots · dispuesstos · dispuestoss · dispuestso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "disgustos" and "dispuestos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "disgustos" is a noun and "dispuestos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "disgustos" vs "dispuestos" - which ranks higher?
"dispuestos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,596 in our Spanish list, against #34,995 for "disgustos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "disgustos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dispuestos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #163,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disgustos" and "dispuestos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disgusta vs disgustos". 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 #163,703 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