dispositif

\dis.po.zi.tif\

/\dis.po.zi.tif\/ noun

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The verdict

“dispositif” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,996. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,996
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agencement d’éléments techniques accomplissant un but précis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dispositif · dispositif · French

dispositif · rank #2,996 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,996
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dialogue

Nearest frequency peer: dialogue (-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 « dispositif »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dispositif » 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).

dispositif vs disposition
82% similar
dispositif vs dispositifs
91% similar

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

Key facts for dispositif
PropertyValue
Headworddispositif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dis.po.zi.tif\
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,996
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dispositif »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dispositifse 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 « dialogue » (#2,995), « découvrez » (#2,997), « curieux » (#2,994). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dispositif » est au #2,996. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around dispositif (IPA \dis.po.zi.tif\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,996 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for dispositif, with forms such as "ddispositif", "dipsositif", and "disopsitif". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "disposition", "dispositifs", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dispositif, spelled D-I-S-P-O-S-I-T-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agencement d’éléments techniques accomplissant un but précis.
  2. 2
    Mécanisme.
  3. 3
    Toute manière de disposer les différentes parties d’un appareil ou des travaux exécutés en vue d’une exploitation de carrière, de mine, etc.
  4. 4
    Partie d’une loi, d’un édit, d’un jugement, d’une ordonnance, d’un décret, d’un arrêté, d’un arrêt, etc., qui en contient la décision et les dispositions pratiques, par opposition au préambule, aux motifs, etc.
  5. 5
    Mise en place d’éléments qui concourent à une action ou à un but.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aux usagers de la voie publique, sont interdits […] l’usage de dispositifs sonores portatifs ou émanant de véhicules non dûment autorisés.
  2. La loi antiterroriste de 2017 a été utilisée pour justifier la délimitation de « périmètres de protection » et l’interdiction des « dispositifs sonores portatifs », sémantique orwellienne pour désigner les casseroles.

This word in other languages

device(English)dispositivo(Español)Vorrichtung(Deutsch)dispositivo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddispositif
  • dipsositif
  • disopsitif
  • dispoistif
  • disposiitf
  • dispositfi
  • dispositiff
  • disposittif
  • dispossitif
  • dispostiif
  • disppositif
  • dispsoitif
  • disspositif
  • dsipositif
  • idspositif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dispositif - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddispositif1dipsositif2disopsitif2dispoistif2disposiitf2dispositfi2dispositiff1disposittif1
Edit distance from "dispositif"

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 "dispositif"?
"dispositif" is spelled D-I-S-P-O-S-I-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \dis.po.zi.tif\.
What does "dispositif" mean?
As a noun, "dispositif" means: Agencement d’éléments techniques accomplissant un but précis.
What words are commonly confused with "dispositif"?
"dispositif" is commonly confused with "disposition", "dispositifs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dispositif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dispositif" is \dis.po.zi.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dispositif" come from?
"dispositif" 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 "dispositif", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

contrôler15 variantslaboratoire15 variantsMontpellier15 variantssolidarité15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list