dispose

\dis.poz\

/\dis.poz\/ adj

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The verdict

“dispose” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,360. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,360
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de dispos.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dispose · dispose · French

dispose · rank #2,360 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,360
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH couverture

Nearest frequency peer: couverture (-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 « dispose »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dispose » 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).

dispose vs dispute
71% similar
dispose vs disposer
88% similar
dispose vs disposée
88% similar

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

Key facts for dispose
PropertyValue
Headworddispose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dis.poz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,360
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dispose »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).disposese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « couverture » (#2,359), « document » (#2,361), « domaines » (#2,362). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dispose » est au #2,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around dispose (IPA \dis.poz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,360 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de dispos.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dispose, with forms such as "ddispose", "dipsose", and "disopse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "dispute", "disposer", "disposée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dispose, spelled D-I-S-P-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de dispos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Diane à la Houppe, tel saint Augustin au temps de sa jeunesse dispose, aimait à aimer et ne cherchait rien d’autre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddispose
  • dipsose
  • disopse
  • dispoes
  • disposse
  • disppose
  • dispsoe
  • disspose
  • dsipose
  • idspose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddispose1dipsose2disopse2dispoes2disposse1disppose1dispsoe2disspose1
Edit distance from "dispose"

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 "dispose"?
"dispose" is spelled D-I-S-P-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dis.poz\.
What does "dispose" mean?
As an adjective, "dispose" means: Féminin singulier de dispos.
What words are commonly confused with "dispose"?
"dispose" is commonly confused with "dispute", "disposer", "disposée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dispose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dispose" is \dis.poz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dispose" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déteste#2,363grosses#2,367arrêtez#2,352italien#2,369

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

impôts10 variantstraiter10 variantspouvant10 variantstournée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list