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

#5,951
“dispuesta” frequency rank
#11,557
“dispuestas” frequency rank
17508
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dispuesta dispuestas
Definition Forma del femenino de dispuesto, participio irregular de disponer o de disponerse. Forma del femenino plural de dispuesto, participio irregular de disponer o de disponerse.

Where the eye mixes dispuesta and dispuestas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. dispuesta runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against dispuestas's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
dispuesta
10 ch
dispuestas

Why the eye confuses dispuesta with dispuestas

A purely visual mix-up. dispuesta ([d̪isˈpwest̪a]) and dispuestas ([d̪isˈpwest̪as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “dispuesta” sits inside “dispuestas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dispuesta is recorded at frequency rank #5,951, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪isˈpwest̪a]. dispuestas is at rank #11,557, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪isˈpwest̪as].

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 17508, this pair ranks #271,804 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dispuesta vs dispuestas

Shared letters: adeipstu. Private to "dispuesta": -. Private to "dispuestas": -.

"dispuesta" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV  ·  "dispuestas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dispuesta ← ddispuesta · dipsuesta · dispeusta · disppuesta · dispuesat · dispuessta · dispuestta · dispuetsa
  • dispuestas ← ddispuestas · dipsuestas · dispeustas · disppuestas · dispuesats · dispuesstas · dispuestass · dispuestsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dispuesta" for "dispuestas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈpwest̪a] versus [d̪isˈpwest̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dispuesta" or "dispuestas"?
"dispuesta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,951 in our Spanish list, against #11,557 for "dispuestas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dispuesta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dispuestas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #271,804 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dispuesta" and "dispuestas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispuesta vs disuelta". 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 #271,804 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