Which to use
“dispenser” and “dispensés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,935
- “dispenser” frequency rank
- #23,173
- “dispensés” frequency rank
- 48108
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dispenser | dispensés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exempter de la règle ordinaire, par faveur spéciale, ou simplement exempter de quelque chose. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de dispenser. |
Same sound, different letters: dispenser vs dispensés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. dispenser and dispensés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: dispenser vs dispensés
This is the hard kind. dispenser 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dispenser is recorded at frequency rank #24,935, 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 48108, this pair ranks #181,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dispenser vs dispensés
Shared letters: deinps. Private to "dispenser": r. Private to "dispensés": é.
"dispenser" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "dispensés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dispenser ← ddispenser · dipsenser · disepnser · dispenesr · dispennser · dispenserr · dispensre · dispensser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dispenser" and "dispensés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "dispenser" or "dispensés" show up more?
What to do next
"dispenser" and "dispensés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dispenser" 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 #181,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dispenser" and "dispensés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispensée vs dispenser". 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 #181,555 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.