dispensée

\dis.pɑ̃.se\

/\dis.pɑ̃.se\/ verb

The verdict

“dispensée” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,275. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,275
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de dispenser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dispensee · dispensée · French

dispensée · rank #37,275 · 14 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,275
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diluée

Nearest frequency peer: diluée (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dispensée »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dispensée » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dispensée vs disposée
78% similar
dispensée vs disperse
78% similar
dispensée vs disperser
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dispensée
PropertyValue
Headworddispensée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dis.pɑ̃.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,275
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dispensée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dispenséese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « diluée » (#37,274), « dissociation » (#37,276), « digestive » (#37,273). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dispensée » est au #37,275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around dispensée (IPA \dis.pɑ̃.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,275 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de dispenser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for dispensée, with forms such as "ddispensée", "dipsensée", and "disepnsée". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "disposée", "disperse", "disperser", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dispensée, spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de dispenser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dispensée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le Kodak éduque l’œil et la sensibilité de milliers de jeunes gens ; la radio, intelligemment dispensée, peut former l’oreille et le goût d’un public bien plus vaste que les auditeurs de concerts ; la vitesse décantonalise les mentalités, et met la diversité du monde à portée de tous.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddispensée
  • dipsensée
  • disepnsée
  • dispennsée
  • dispensee
  • dispenseé
  • dispenssée
  • dispenése
  • dispesnée
  • dispnesée
  • disppensée
  • disspensée
  • dsipensée
  • idspensée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dispensée - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddispensée1dipsensée2disepnsée2dispennsée1dispensee1dispenseé2dispenssée1dispenése2
Edit distance from "dispensée"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dispensée"?
"dispensée" is spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dis.pɑ̃.se\.
What does "dispensée" mean?
As a verb, "dispensée" means: Participe passé féminin singulier de dispenser.
What words are commonly confused with "dispensée"?
"dispensée" is commonly confused with "disposée", "disperse", "disperser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dispensée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dispensée" is \dis.pɑ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dispensée" come from?
"dispensée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dispensée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list