dispuestavsdisueltaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#5,951
“dispuesta” frequency rank
#29,607
“disuelta” frequency rank
35558
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dispuesta disuelta
Definition Forma del femenino de dispuesto, participio irregular de disponer o de disponerse. Forma del femenino de disuelto, participio irregular de disolver.

Where the eye mixes dispuesta and disuelta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dispuesta runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against disuelta's 8 (CVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
dispuesta
8 ch
disuelta

Why the eye confuses dispuesta with disuelta

A purely visual mix-up. dispuesta ([d̪isˈpwest̪a]) and disuelta ([d̪iˈswel̪t̪a]) 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 35558, 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]. disuelta is at rank #29,607, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪iˈswel̪t̪a].

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 35558, this pair ranks #185,443 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dispuesta vs disuelta

Shared letters: adeistu. Private to "dispuesta": p. Private to "disuelta": l.

"dispuesta" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV  ·  "disuelta" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dispuesta ← ddispuesta · dipsuesta · dispeusta · disppuesta · dispuesat · dispuessta · dispuestta · dispuetsa
  • disuelta ← ddisuelta · diseulta · dissuelta · disuelat · disuellta · disueltta · disuetla · disuleta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dispuesta" for "disuelta" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈpwest̪a] versus [d̪iˈswel̪t̪a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dispuesta" vs "disuelta" - which ranks higher?
"dispuesta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,951 in our Spanish list, against #29,607 for "disuelta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "dispuesta" and "disuelta" 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 "disuelta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #185,443 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dispuesta" and "disuelta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disuelta vs disuelve". 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 #185,443 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