Which to use
“disparaît” and “disposait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,810
- “disparaît” frequency rank
- #13,769
- “disposait” frequency rank
- 20579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disparaît | disposait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de disparaître. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de disposer. |
Where the eye mixes disparaît and disposait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. disparaît and disposait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between disparaît and disposait
A purely visual mix-up. disparaît (\dis.pa.ʁɛ\) and disposait (\dis.pɔ.zɛ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20579, 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\. disposait is at rank #13,769, tagged as averb, pronounced \dis.pɔ.zɛ\.
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 20579, this pair ranks #367,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of disparaît vs disposait
Shared letters: adipst. Private to "disparaît": rî. Private to "disposait": o.
"disparaît" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "disposait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disposait ← ddisposait · dipsosait · disopsait · dispoasit · disposaitt · disposati · disposiat · dispossait
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "disparaît" for "disposait" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "disparaît" or "disposait" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "disparaît" and "disposait" 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 "disposait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disparaît" and "disposait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déposait vs disposait". 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 #367,549 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.