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

#5,951
“dispuesta” frequency rank
#4,596
“dispuestos” frequency rank
10547
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes dispuesta and dispuestos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. dispuesta runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against dispuestos's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
dispuesta
10 ch
dispuestos

Visual trap between dispuesta and dispuestos

A purely visual mix-up. dispuesta ([d̪isˈpwest̪a]) and dispuestos ([d̪isˈpwest̪os]) 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 10547, 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]. dispuestos is at rank #4,596, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪isˈpwest̪os].

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 10547, this pair ranks #298,206 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dispuesta vs dispuestos

Shared letters: deipstu. Private to "dispuesta": a. Private to "dispuestos": o.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dispuesta ← ddispuesta · dipsuesta · dispeusta · disppuesta · dispuesat · dispuessta · dispuestta · dispuetsa
  • dispuestos ← ddispuestos · dipsuestos · dispeustos · disppuestos · dispuesots · dispuesstos · dispuestoss · dispuestso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dispuesta" and "dispuestos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈpwest̪a] versus [d̪isˈpwest̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dispuesta" or "dispuestos"?
"dispuestos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,596 in our Spanish list, against #5,951 for "dispuesta". 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 "dispuesta" and "dispuestos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dispuesta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dispuestos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #298,206 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dispuesta" and "dispuestos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disgustos vs dispuestos". 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 #298,206 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