disparevsdisponeWhich spelling fits?

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

#37,041
“dispare” frequency rank
#4,155
“dispone” frequency rank
41196
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dispare dispone
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de disparar o de dispararse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disponer.

Where the eye mixes dispare and dispone

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dispare and dispone follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
dispare
7 ch
dispone

Look-alike desk: dispare vs dispone

A purely visual mix-up. dispare ([d̪isˈpaɾe]) and dispone ([d̪isˈpone]) 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 41196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dispare is recorded at frequency rank #37,041, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈpaɾe]. dispone is at rank #4,155, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈpone].

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 41196, this pair ranks #154,973 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dispare vs dispone

Shared letters: deips. Private to "dispare": ar. Private to "dispone": no.

"dispare" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "dispone" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dispare ← ddispare · dipsare · disapre · dispaer · disparre · disppare · disprae · disspare
  • dispone ← ddispone · dipsone · disopne · dispnoe · dispoen · disponne · disppone · disspone

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dispare" and "dispone" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈpaɾe] versus [d̪isˈpone]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dispare" vs "dispone" - which ranks higher?
"dispone" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,155 in our Spanish list, against #37,041 for "dispare". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "dispare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dispone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #154,973 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dispare" and "dispone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disease vs dispare". 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 #154,973 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