Which to use
“dispensée” and “dispensés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,275
- “dispensée” frequency rank
- #23,173
- “dispensés” frequency rank
- 60448
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dispensée | dispensés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de dispenser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de dispenser. |
Same sound, different letters: dispensée vs dispensés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. dispensée (CVCCVCCVV) and dispensés (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: dispensée vs dispensés
This is the hard kind. dispensée and dispensés are pronounced identically (\dis.pɑ̃.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “dispensée” becomes s in “dispensés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60448, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dispensée is recorded at frequency rank #37,275, classified as averb, pronounced \dis.pɑ̃.se\. dispensés is at rank #23,173, tagged as averb, pronounced \dis.pɑ̃.se\.
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 60448, this pair ranks #97,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dispensée vs dispensés
Shared letters: deinpsé. Private to "dispensée": -. Private to "dispensés": -.
"dispensée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "dispensés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dispensée" and "dispensés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dispensée" vs "dispensés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"dispensée" and "dispensés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dispensée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dispensés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dispensée" and "dispensés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dépensée vs dispensée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #97,526 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.