dispensent
\dis.pɑ̃s\
The verdict
“dispensent” is uncommon French (frequency #52,008 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,008
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dispenser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dispensent · dispensent · French
dispensent · rank #52,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,008
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH discution
Nearest frequency peer: discution (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « dispensent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Dimitrov
Dimitrov
47,996 corpus weight
- discutais
discutais
47,995 corpus weight
- discution
discution
47,994 corpus weight
- dispensent
dispensent
47,993 corpus weight
- dissimulent
dissimulent
47,992 corpus weight
- Dorsey
Dorsey
47,991 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dispensent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dispensent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dis.pɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dispensent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dispensent is uncommon French at frequency #52,008 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \dis.pɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for dispensent in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dispensent, spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dispenser.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de dispenser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dispensent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
35 professeurs spécialisés en salsa, bachata, dancehall ou hip-hop venant du monde entier dispensent en journée des cours aux adultes, aux enfants et pour la première fois cette année, aux seniors.
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.
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