Which to use
“disparate” and “disparates” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,986
- “disparate” frequency rank
- #34,497
- “disparates” frequency rank
- 79483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disparate | disparates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui présente un défaut de conformité d’un effet désagréable. | Pluriel de disparate. |
Same sound, different letters: disparate vs disparates
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. disparate runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against disparates's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - disparate and disparates
This is the hard kind. disparate and disparates are pronounced identically (\dis.pa.ʁat\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “disparate” sits inside “disparates”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disparate is recorded at frequency rank #44,986, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁat\. disparates is at rank #34,497, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁat\.
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 79483, this pair ranks #23,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of disparate vs disparates
Shared letters: adeiprst. Private to "disparate": -. Private to "disparates": -.
"disparate" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "disparates" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disparate ← ddisparate · dipsarate · disaprate · dispaarte · disparaet · disparatte · disparrate · dispartae
- disparates ← ddisparates · dipsarates · disaprates · dispaartes · disparaets · disparatess · disparatse · disparattes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "disparate" and "disparates" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "disparate" or "disparates"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "disparate" / "disparates". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "disparate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disparates" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disparate" and "disparates" 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 #23,185 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.