disposéevsdisposéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“disposée” and “disposées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,405
“disposée” frequency rank
#19,808
“disposées” frequency rank
47213
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disposée disposées
Definition Féminin singulier de disposé. Féminin pluriel de disposé.

Same sound, different letters: disposée vs disposées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. disposée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against disposées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
disposée
9 ch
disposées

Same sound, different spelling - disposée / disposées

This is the hard kind. disposée and disposées are pronounced identically (\dis.pɔ.ze\) 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) - “disposée” sits inside “disposées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disposée is recorded at frequency rank #27,405, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.pɔ.ze\. disposées is at rank #19,808, 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 47213, this pair ranks #188,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disposée vs disposées

Shared letters: deiopsé. Private to "disposée": -. Private to "disposées": -.

"disposée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "disposées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "disposée" and "disposées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\dis.pɔ.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "disposée" or "disposées"?
"disposées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,808 in our French list, against #27,405 for "disposée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "disposée" / "disposées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "disposée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disposées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #188,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disposée" and "disposées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispensée vs disposée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #188,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list