Which to use
“disposaient” and “disposait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,284
- “disposaient” frequency rank
- #13,769
- “disposait” frequency rank
- 39053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disposaient | disposait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de disposer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de disposer. |
Same sound, different letters: disposaient vs disposait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - disposaient / disposait
This is the hard kind. disposaient and disposait are pronounced identically (\dis.pɔ.zɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disposaient is recorded at frequency rank #25,284, classified as averb, pronounced \dis.pɔ.zɛ\. disposait is at rank #13,769, tagged as averb, pronounced \dis.pɔ.zɛ\.
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 39053, this pair ranks #250,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of disposaient vs disposait
Shared letters: adiopst. Private to "disposaient": en. Private to "disposait": -.
"disposaient" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVVCC · "disposait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disposaient ← ddisposaient · dipsosaient · disopsaient · dispoasient · disposaeint · disposaiennt · disposaientt · disposaietn
- disposait ← ddisposait · dipsosait · disopsait · dispoasit · disposaitt · disposati · disposiat · dispossait
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"disposaient" and "disposait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "disposaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disposait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disposaient" and "disposait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déposait vs disposait". 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 #250,842 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.