Which to use
“disparaît” and “disparaitre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,810
- “disparaît” frequency rank
- #17,926
- “disparaitre” frequency rank
- 24736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disparaît | disparaitre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de disparaître. | 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 disparaît and disparaitre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disparaît runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against disparaitre's 11 (CVCCVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses disparaît with disparaitre
A purely visual mix-up. disparaît (\dis.pa.ʁɛ\) 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disparaît is recorded at frequency rank #6,810, classified as averb, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁɛ\. 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 24736, this pair ranks #344,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of disparaît vs disparaitre
Shared letters: adiprst. Private to "disparaît": î. Private to "disparaitre": e.
"disparaît" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "disparaitre" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- disparaitre ← ddisparaitre · dipsaraitre · disapraitre · dispaaritre · disparairte · disparaiter · disparaitrre · disparaittre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "disparaît" and "disparaitre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "disparaît" or "disparaitre" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "disparaît" and "disparaitre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "disparaît" 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 #344,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disparaît" and "disparaitre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disparaitre 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 #344,918 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.