déposezvsdisposezConfusable pair

Which to use

“déposez” and “disposez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,294
“déposez” frequency rank
#29,313
“disposez” frequency rank
54607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déposez disposez
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de déposer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de disposer.

Where the eye mixes déposez and disposez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. déposez runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against disposez's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
déposez
8 ch
disposez

Visual trap between déposez and disposez

A purely visual mix-up. déposez (\de.pɔ.ze\) and disposez (\dis.pɔ.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déposez is recorded at frequency rank #25,294, classified as averb, pronounced \de.pɔ.ze\. disposez is at rank #29,313, tagged as averb, pronounced \dis.pɔ.ze\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 54607, this pair ranks #132,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déposez vs disposez

Shared letters: deopsz. Private to "déposez": é. Private to "disposez": i.

"déposez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "disposez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disposez ← ddisposez · dipsosez · disopsez · dispoesz · disposezz · dispossez · disposze · dispposez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "déposez" for "disposez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\de.pɔ.ze\ versus \dis.pɔ.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "déposez" or "disposez" show up more?
"déposez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,294 in our French list, against #29,313 for "disposez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déposez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disposez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déposez" and "disposez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déposera vs déposez". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #132,889 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list