disparuesvsdisparutWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: disparues is a adjective, disparut is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“disparues” is an adjective and “disparut” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,850
“disparues” frequency rank
#23,834
“disparut” frequency rank
39684
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disparues disparut
Definition Féminin pluriel de disparu. Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de disparaître (ou disparaitre).

Same sound, different letters: disparues vs disparut

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. disparues runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against disparut's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
disparues
8 ch
disparut

Ear matches; page differs - disparues and disparut

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: disparues and disparut carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dis.pa.ʁy\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39684, 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\. disparut is at rank #23,834, tagged as averb, 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 39684, this pair ranks #246,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disparues vs disparut

Shared letters: adiprsu. Private to "disparues": e. Private to "disparut": t.

"disparues" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC  ·  "disparut" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disparues ← ddisparues · dipsarues · disaprues · dispareus · disparrues · disparuess · disparuse · dispaures
  • disparut ← ddisparut · dipsarut · disaprut · disparrut · dispartu · disparutt · dispaurt · dispparut

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "disparues" and "disparut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "disparues" is an adjective and "disparut" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "disparues" or "disparut"?
"disparues" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,850 in our French list, against #23,834 for "disparut". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"disparues" and "disparut" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "disparues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disparut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #246,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disparues" and "disparut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disparate vs disparut". 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 #246,165 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list