Which to use
“disparues” and “disparus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,850
- “disparues” frequency rank
- #8,376
- “disparus” frequency rank
- 24226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disparues | disparus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de disparu. | Masculin pluriel de disparu. |
Same sound, different letters: disparues vs disparus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. disparues runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against disparus's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: disparues vs disparus
This is the hard kind. disparues and disparus are pronounced identically (\dis.pa.ʁy\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disparues is recorded at frequency rank #15,850, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁy\. disparus is at rank #8,376, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dis.pa.ʁy\.
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 24226, this pair ranks #347,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of disparues vs disparus
Shared letters: adiprsu. Private to "disparues": e. Private to "disparus": -.
"disparues" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "disparus" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "disparues" and "disparus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "disparues" vs "disparus" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "disparues" / "disparus". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "disparues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disparus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disparues" and "disparus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disparais vs disparues". 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 #347,823 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.