Which to use
“dispensés” is a verb and “dispersées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,173
- “dispensés” frequency rank
- #25,283
- “dispersées” frequency rank
- 48456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dispensés | dispersées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de dispenser. | Féminin pluriel de dispersé. |
Where the eye mixes dispensés and dispersées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. dispensés runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against dispersées's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dispensés and dispersées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dispensés is \dis.pɑ̃.se\ while dispersées is \dis.pɛʁ.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48456, 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\. dispersées is at rank #25,283, 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 48456, this pair ranks #178,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dispensés vs dispersées
Shared letters: deipsé. Private to "dispensés": n. Private to "dispersées": r.
"dispensés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "dispersées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dispensés" and "dispersées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "dispensés" or "dispersées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dispensés" and "dispersées" 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 "dispersées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dispensés" and "dispersées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispersées vs dispersent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #178,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.