Which to use
“dispongan” and “disponía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,997
- “dispongan” frequency rank
- #15,596
- “disponía” frequency rank
- 51593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dispongan | disponía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) 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 dispongan and disponía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dispongan runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against disponía's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dispongan with disponía
A purely visual mix-up. dispongan ([d̪isˈpõŋgãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dispongan is recorded at frequency rank #35,997, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈpõŋgãn]. 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 51593, this pair ranks #97,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dispongan vs disponía
Shared letters: adinops. Private to "dispongan": g. Private to "disponía": í.
"dispongan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "disponía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dispongan ← ddispongan · dipsongan · disopngan · dispnogan · dispognan · disponagn · dispongann · disponggan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dispongan" and "disponía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dispongan" or "disponía"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dispongan" 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 #97,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dispongan" and "disponía" 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 #97,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.