dispuestasvsdispuestosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#11,557
“dispuestas” frequency rank
#4,596
“dispuestos” frequency rank
16153
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dispuestas dispuestos
Definition Forma del femenino plural 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 dispuestas and dispuestos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. dispuestas and dispuestos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
dispuestas
10 ch
dispuestos

Why the eye confuses dispuestas with dispuestos

A purely visual mix-up. dispuestas ([d̪isˈpwest̪as]) 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 a single letter - a in “dispuestas” becomes o in “dispuestos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dispuestas is recorded at frequency rank #11,557, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪isˈpwest̪as]. 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 16153, this pair ranks #277,312 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dispuestas vs dispuestos

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

"dispuestas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC  ·  "dispuestos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dispuestas ← ddispuestas · dipsuestas · dispeustas · disppuestas · dispuesats · dispuesstas · dispuestass · dispuestsa
  • dispuestos ← ddispuestos · dipsuestos · dispeustos · disppuestos · dispuesots · dispuesstos · dispuestoss · dispuestso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dispuestas" for "dispuestos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈpwest̪as] versus [d̪isˈpwest̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dispuestas" or "dispuestos"?
"dispuestos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,596 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 "dispuestas" 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 #277,312 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dispuestas" 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 #277,312 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