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.
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?
Which is more common, "dispuestas" or "dispuestos"?
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.