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

#10,831
“disponen” frequency rank
#35,997
“dispongan” frequency rank
46828
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disponen dispongan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disponer o de disponerse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de disponer o de disponerse.

Where the eye mixes disponen and dispongan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. disponen runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against dispongan's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
disponen
9 ch
dispongan

Look-alike desk: disponen vs dispongan

A purely visual mix-up. disponen ([d̪isˈponẽn]) and dispongan ([d̪isˈpõŋgãn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disponen is recorded at frequency rank #10,831, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈponẽn]. dispongan is at rank #35,997, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈpõŋgãn].

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 46828, this pair ranks #123,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disponen vs dispongan

Shared letters: dinops. Private to "disponen": e. Private to "dispongan": ag.

"disponen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "dispongan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disponen ← ddisponen · dipsonen · disopnen · dispnoen · dispoenn · disponenn · disponnen · dispponen
  • dispongan ← ddispongan · dipsongan · disopngan · dispnogan · dispognan · disponagn · dispongann · disponggan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "disponen" for "dispongan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈponẽn] versus [d̪isˈpõŋgãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "disponen" or "dispongan" show up more?
"disponen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,831 in our Spanish list, against #35,997 for "dispongan". 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 "disponen" and "dispongan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "disponen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dispongan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disponen" and "dispongan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispongan vs disponían". 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 #123,489 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