Which to use
“disparité” and “disparités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,565
- “disparité” frequency rank
- #22,231
- “disparités” frequency rank
- 52796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disparité | disparités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manque de parité, absence d'égalité entre des personnes ou des choses que l'on compare. | Pluriel de disparité. |
Same sound, different letters: disparité vs disparités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. disparité runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against disparités's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: disparité vs disparités
This is the hard kind. disparité and disparités are pronounced identically (\dis.pa.ʁi.te\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “disparité” sits inside “disparités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disparité is recorded at frequency rank #30,565, classified as anoun, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁi.te\. disparités is at rank #22,231, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁi.te\.
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 52796, this pair ranks #145,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of disparité vs disparités
Shared letters: adiprsté. Private to "disparité": -. Private to "disparités": -.
"disparité" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "disparités" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "disparité" for "disparités" ever safe?
Which is more common, "disparité" or "disparités"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "disparité" / "disparités". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "disparité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disparités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disparité" and "disparités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disparate vs disparité". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #145,227 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.