disparate
French, adjective/dis.pa.ʁat/
disparate is spelled D-I-S-P-A-R-A-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Disparate is a French adjective meaning “disparate; incongruous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui présente un défaut de conformité d’un effet désagréable”.
What does disparate mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disparate; incongruous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui présente un défaut de conformité d’un effet désagréable. 2. Qui n'est pas en accord ou en harmonie avec ce qui l'entoure ; dont la diversité est choquante.
noun: 1. Défaut de conformité, ou effet, ordinairement désagréable, qui en résulte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of disparate
- disparates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce disparate?
- /dis.pa.ʁat/
- \dis.pa.ʁat\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to disparate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is disparate in French?
disparate appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).