Which to use
“dispersée” and “dispersées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,922
- “dispersée” frequency rank
- #25,283
- “dispersées” frequency rank
- 57205
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dispersée | dispersées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de dispersé. | Féminin pluriel de dispersé. |
Same sound, different letters: dispersée vs dispersées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. dispersée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against dispersées's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: dispersée vs dispersées
This is the hard kind. dispersée and dispersées are pronounced identically (\dis.pɛʁ.se\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dispersée” sits inside “dispersées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dispersée is recorded at frequency rank #31,922, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.pɛʁ.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 57205, this pair ranks #116,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dispersée vs dispersées
Shared letters: deiprsé. Private to "dispersée": -. Private to "dispersées": -.
"dispersée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "dispersées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dispersée" and "dispersées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "dispersée" or "dispersées" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dispersée" 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 #116,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dispersée" and "dispersées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispersée vs dispersent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #116,426 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.