Which to use
“disparais” and “disparaît” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,287
- “disparais” frequency rank
- #6,810
- “disparaît” frequency rank
- 54097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disparais | disparaît |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de disparaître (ou disparaitre). | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de disparaître. |
Same sound, different letters: disparais vs disparaît
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. disparais and disparaît follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: disparais vs disparaît
This is the hard kind. disparais and disparaît are pronounced identically (\dis.pa.ʁɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disparais is recorded at frequency rank #47,287, classified as averb, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁɛ\. disparaît is at rank #6,810, tagged as averb, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁɛ\.
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 54097, this pair ranks #136,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of disparais vs disparaît
Shared letters: adiprs. Private to "disparais": -. Private to "disparaît": tî.
"disparais" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "disparaît" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disparais ← ddisparais · dipsarais · disaprais · dispaaris · disparaiss · disparasi · disparias · disparrais
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "disparais" / "disparaît". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "disparais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disparaît" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disparais" and "disparaît" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disparais vs disparate". 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 #136,320 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.