disperse

\dis.pɛʁs\

/\dis.pɛʁs\/ verb

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The verdict

“disperse” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,641. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,641
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de disperser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-disperse · disperse · French

disperse · rank #33,641 · 12 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,641
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH disputaient

Nearest frequency peer: disputaient (+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 « disperse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « disperse » 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).

disperse vs dispose
75% similar
disperse vs diverse
75% similar
disperse vs disperser
89% similar

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

Key facts for disperse
PropertyValue
Headworddisperse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dis.pɛʁs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,641
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « disperse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dispersese 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 « disputaient » (#33,642), « DGSE » (#33,639), « dièse » (#33,643). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « disperse » est au #33,641. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around disperse (IPA \dis.pɛʁs\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,641 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for disperse, with forms such as "ddisperse", "dipserse", and "diseprse". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dispose", "diverse", "disperser", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is disperse, spelled D-I-S-P-E-R-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de disperser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de disperser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de disperser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de disperser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de disperser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. J’ai honte de moi, mon orgueil endolore, mon énergie poisse, mon respect humain coule comme du Brie, ma volonté s’invertèbre, je me démembrane, me débandade, me disloque, me neutralise, me disperse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddisperse
  • dipserse
  • diseprse
  • disperes
  • disperrse
  • dispersse
  • dispesre
  • dispperse
  • disprese
  • dissperse
  • dsiperse
  • idsperse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disperse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddisperse1dipserse2diseprse2disperes2disperrse1dispersse1dispesre2dispperse1
Edit distance from "disperse"

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 "disperse"?
"disperse" is spelled D-I-S-P-E-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dis.pɛʁs\.
What does "disperse" mean?
As a verb, "disperse" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de disperser.
What words are commonly confused with "disperse"?
"disperse" is commonly confused with "dispose", "diverse", "disperser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "disperse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disperse" is \dis.pɛʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disperse" come from?
"disperse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

défoncée#33,656départir#33,659conjugue#33,618classent#33,613

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

empoisonne12 variantsChomsky12 variantsBotswana12 variantsboiseries12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list