disponganvsdisponíanWhich spelling fits?

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

#35,997
“dispongan” frequency rank
#30,436
“disponían” frequency rank
66433
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes dispongan and disponían

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. dispongan (CVCCVCCVC) and disponían (CVCCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
dispongan
9 ch
disponían

Look-alike desk: dispongan vs disponían

A purely visual mix-up. dispongan ([d̪isˈpõŋgãn]) and disponían ([d̪ispoˈniãn]) 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 “dispongan” becomes í in “disponían”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66433, 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]. disponían is at rank #30,436, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪ispoˈniãn].

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 66433, this pair ranks #39,894 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dispongan vs disponían

Shared letters: adinops. Private to "dispongan": g. Private to "disponían": í.

"dispongan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "disponían" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dispongan ← ddispongan · dipsongan · disopngan · dispnogan · dispognan · disponagn · dispongann · disponggan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dispongan" for "disponían" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈpõŋgãn] versus [d̪ispoˈniãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dispongan" or "disponían"?
"disponían" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,436 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 "dispongan" and "disponían" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dispongan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disponían" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,894 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dispongan" and "disponían" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispongan vs dispongo". 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 #39,894 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