Which to use
“disparaisse” and “disparaitre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,911
- “disparaisse” frequency rank
- #17,926
- “disparaitre” frequency rank
- 39837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disparaisse | disparaitre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de disparaître (ou disparaitre). | Cesser de paraitre, ne plus être visible. Le participe passé est disparu, l’auxiliaire avoir et (rare/littéraire) être (pour indiquer l’état). |
Where the eye mixes disparaisse and disparaitre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. disparaisse and disparaitre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: disparaisse vs disparaitre
A purely visual mix-up. disparaisse (\dis.pa.ʁɛs\) and disparaitre (\dis.pa.ʁɛtʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39837, 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\. disparaitre is at rank #17,926, tagged as averb, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁɛtʁ\.
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 39837, this pair ranks #244,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of disparaisse vs disparaitre
Shared letters: adeiprs. Private to "disparaisse": -. Private to "disparaitre": t.
"disparaisse" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCV · "disparaitre" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- disparaisse ← ddisparaisse · dipsaraisse · disapraisse · dispaarisse · disparaise · disparaises · disparasise · dispariasse
- disparaitre ← ddisparaitre · dipsaraitre · disapraitre · dispaaritre · disparairte · disparaiter · disparaitrre · disparaittre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "disparaisse" and "disparaitre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "disparaisse" or "disparaitre" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "disparaisse" and "disparaitre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "disparaisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disparaitre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disparaisse" and "disparaitre" 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 #244,993 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.