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

#21,986
“disponga” frequency rank
#15,596
“disponía” frequency rank
37582
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disponga disponía
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de disponer o de disponerse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de disponer o de disponerse.

Where the eye mixes disponga and disponía

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. disponga (CVCCVCCV) and disponía (CVCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
disponga
8 ch
disponía

Why the eye confuses disponga with disponía

A purely visual mix-up. disponga ([d̪isˈpõŋga]) and disponía ([d̪ispoˈnia]) 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 a single letter - g in “disponga” becomes í in “disponía”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disponga is recorded at frequency rank #21,986, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈpõŋga]. disponía is at rank #15,596, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪ispoˈnia].

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 37582, this pair ranks #174,560 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disponga vs disponía

Shared letters: adinops. Private to "disponga": g. Private to "disponía": í.

"disponga" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "disponía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disponga ← ddisponga · dipsonga · disopnga · dispnoga · dispogna · disponag · dispongga · disponnga

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "disponga" and "disponía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈpõŋga] versus [d̪ispoˈnia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "disponga" vs "disponía" - which ranks higher?
"disponía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,596 in our Spanish list, against #21,986 for "disponga". 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 "disponga" and "disponía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "disponga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disponía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,560 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disponga" and "disponía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispensa vs disponga". 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 #174,560 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