dissipe

/\di.sip\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,901

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

dissipe is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dissiper. Pronounced \di.sip\. Often confused with dissiper and dissipée.

Key facts for dissipe
PropertyValue
Headworddissipe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.sip\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,901
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dissipe in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dissipe is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.sip\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,901 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for dissipe, with forms such as "ddissipe", "disipe", and "disispe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "dissiper", "dissipée", "dessine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is dissipe, spelled D-I-S-S-I-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddissipe,disipe,disispe,dissiep,dissippe,disspie,dsisipe,idssipe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dissipe

Misspelling Variants of "dissipe"

ddissipe8disipe6disispe7dissiep7dissippe8disspie7dsisipe7idssipe7
Misspelling Variants of "dissipe"

Frequency rank: #35,901 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dissipe"?
"dissipe" is spelled D-I-S-S-I-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.sip\.
What does "dissipe" mean?
As a verb, "dissipe" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dissiper.
What words are commonly confused with "dissipe"?
"dissipe" is commonly confused with "dissiper", "dissipée", "dessine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dissipe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dissipe" is \di.sip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dissipe" come from?
"dissipe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.