Which to use
“dispensés” is a verb and “dispersée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,173
- “dispensés” frequency rank
- #31,922
- “dispersée” frequency rank
- 55095
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dispensés | dispersée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de dispenser. | Féminin singulier de dispersé. |
Where the eye mixes dispensés and dispersée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dispensés (CVCCVCCVC) and dispersée (CVCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses dispensés with dispersée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dispensés is \dis.pɑ̃.se\ while dispersée is \dis.pɛʁ.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dispensés is recorded at frequency rank #23,173, classified as averb, pronounced \dis.pɑ̃.se\. dispersée is at rank #31,922, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dis.pɛʁ.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 55095, this pair ranks #129,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dispensés vs dispersée
Shared letters: deipsé. Private to "dispensés": n. Private to "dispersée": r.
"dispensés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "dispersée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dispensés" and "dispersée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dispensés" vs "dispersée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dispensés" and "dispersée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dispensés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dispersée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dispensés" and "dispersée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispersée vs dispersent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #129,714 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.