Which to use
“dispos” and “disposée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,923
- “dispos” frequency rank
- #27,405
- “disposée” frequency rank
- 59328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dispos | disposée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Rare au féminin) Qui a toutes les dispositions voulues pour agir. | Féminin singulier de disposé. |
Where the eye mixes dispos and disposée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dispos runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against disposée's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dispos and disposée
A purely visual mix-up. dispos (\dis.po\) and disposée (\dis.pɔ.ze\) 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) - “dispos” sits inside “disposée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dispos is recorded at frequency rank #31,923, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.po\. disposée is at rank #27,405, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dis.pɔ.ze\.
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 59328, this pair ranks #103,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dispos vs disposée
Shared letters: diops. Private to "dispos": -. Private to "disposée": eé.
"dispos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "disposée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dispos ← ddispos · dipsos · disops · disposs · disppos · dispso · disspos · dsipos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dispos" for "disposée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "dispos" or "disposée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dispos" and "disposée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dispos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disposée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dispos" and "disposée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dios vs dispos". 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 #103,753 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.