Which to use
“disposée” is an adjective and “disposez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,405
- “disposée” frequency rank
- #29,313
- “disposez” frequency rank
- 56718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disposée | disposez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de disposé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de disposer. |
Same sound, different letters: disposée vs disposez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. disposée (CVCCVCVV) and disposez (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: disposée vs disposez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: disposée and disposez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dis.pɔ.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56718, 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\. disposez is at rank #29,313, tagged as averb, 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 56718, this pair ranks #119,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of disposée vs disposez
Shared letters: deiops. Private to "disposée": é. Private to "disposez": z.
"disposée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "disposez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disposez ← ddisposez · dipsosez · disopsez · dispoesz · disposezz · dispossez · disposze · dispposez
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "disposée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disposez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disposée" and "disposez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispensée vs disposée". 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 #119,358 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.