Which to use
“disparaisse” and “disparaissent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,911
- “disparaisse” frequency rank
- #8,984
- “disparaissent” frequency rank
- 30895
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disparaisse | disparaissent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de disparaître (ou disparaitre). | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de disparaître (ou disparaitre). |
Same sound, different letters: disparaisse vs disparaissent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. disparaisse runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVVCCV) against disparaissent's 13 (CVCCVCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - disparaisse / disparaissent
This is the hard kind. disparaisse and disparaissent are pronounced identically (\dis.pa.ʁɛs\) 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 differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “disparaisse” sits inside “disparaissent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disparaisse is recorded at frequency rank #21,911, classified as averb, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁɛs\. disparaissent is at rank #8,984, tagged as averb, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁɛs\.
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 30895, this pair ranks #307,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of disparaisse vs disparaissent
Shared letters: adeiprs. Private to "disparaisse": -. Private to "disparaissent": nt.
"disparaisse" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCV · "disparaissent" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disparaisse ← ddisparaisse · dipsaraisse · disapraisse · dispaarisse · disparaise · disparaises · disparasise · dispariasse
- disparaissent ← ddisparaissent · dipsaraissent · disapraissent · dispaarissent · disparaisent · disparaisesnt · disparaissennt · disparaissentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "disparaisse" for "disparaissent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "disparaisse" or "disparaissent"?
What to do next
"disparaisse" and "disparaissent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "disparaisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disparaissent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disparaisse" and "disparaissent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disparais vs disparaisse". 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 #307,330 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.