Which to use
“dispo” and “dispose” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,377
- “dispo” frequency rank
- #2,360
- “dispose” frequency rank
- 10737
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dispo | dispose |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Disponible. | Féminin singulier de dispos. |
Where the eye mixes dispo and dispose
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dispo runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against dispose's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dispo and dispose
A purely visual mix-up. dispo (\dis.po\) and dispose (\dis.poz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “dispo” sits inside “dispose”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dispo is recorded at frequency rank #8,377, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.po\. dispose is at rank #2,360, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dis.poz\.
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 10737, this pair ranks #411,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dispo vs dispose
Shared letters: diops. Private to "dispo": -. Private to "dispose": e.
"dispo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "dispose" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dispo" and "dispose" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dispo" or "dispose"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dispo" and "dispose" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dispo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dispose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dispo" and "dispose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispo vs DSP". 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 #411,833 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.