disperser

\dis.pɛʁ.se\

/\dis.pɛʁ.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“disperser” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,461. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,461
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Répandre, jeter çà et là.

Corpus desk

Index FR-disperser · disperser · French

disperser · rank #18,461 · 14 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,461
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dora

Nearest frequency peer: dora (+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 « disperser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « disperser » 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).

disperser vs disposer
78% similar
disperser vs dispense
78% similar
disperser vs disperse
89% similar

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

Key facts for disperser
PropertyValue
Headworddisperser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dis.pɛʁ.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,461
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « disperser »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).disperserse 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 « dora » (#18,462), « demandées » (#18,459), « doutais » (#18,463). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « disperser » est au #18,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around disperser (IPA \dis.pɛʁ.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,461 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for disperser, with forms such as "ddisperser", "dipserser", and "diseprser". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "disposer", "dispense", "disperse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is disperser, spelled D-I-S-P-E-R-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Répandre, jeter çà et là.
  2. 2
    Séparer des personnes ou des choses qui formaient un assemblage et les mettre, les envoyer, les porter en divers lieux.
  3. 3
    Forcer à s’enfuir de différents côtés, mettre en désordre.
  4. 4
    S'égailler, se diviser, se répandre.
  5. 5
    S’employer à des besognes trop diverses, aborder des genres trop différents.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après que nous eûmes débarqué, les Européens commencèrent à se disperser en petites troupes de deux, trois et quatre hommes.
  2. Un groupe de biplans allemands, dans le but de dominer les cataractes et les usines, essayait de se maintenir au zénith en une phalange serrée que les Jaunes s’acharnaient à vouloir disperser.

Synonyms

peptiser

This word in other languages

disperse(English)desparramar(Español)verstreuen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddisperser
  • dipserser
  • diseprser
  • disperesr
  • disperrser
  • disperserr
  • dispersre
  • dispersser
  • dispesrer
  • dispperser
  • dispreser
  • dissperser
  • dsiperser
  • idsperser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddisperser1dipserser2diseprser2disperesr2disperrser1disperserr1dispersre2dispersser1
Edit distance from "disperser"

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 "disperser"?
"disperser" is spelled D-I-S-P-E-R-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dis.pɛʁ.se\.
What does "disperser" mean?
As a verb, "disperser" means: Répandre, jeter çà et là.
What words are commonly confused with "disperser"?
"disperser" is commonly confused with "disposer", "dispense", "disperse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "disperser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disperser" is \dis.pɛʁ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disperser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

demandées#18,459Deauville#18,458déboucher#18,465emportent#18,472

Similar misspelling depth

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

empêchait14 variantsgeneration14 variantsgraphiste14 variantsimpressionne14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list