Which to use
“dispositif” and “dispositifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,996
- “dispositif” frequency rank
- #7,304
- “dispositifs” frequency rank
- 10300
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dispositif | dispositifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Agencement d’éléments techniques accomplissant un but précis. | Pluriel de dispositif. |
Same sound, different letters: dispositif vs dispositifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: dispositif vs dispositifs
This is the hard kind. dispositif and dispositifs are pronounced identically (\dis.po.zi.tif\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “dispositif” sits inside “dispositifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dispositif is recorded at frequency rank #2,996, classified as anoun, pronounced \dis.po.zi.tif\. dispositifs is at rank #7,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dis.po.zi.tif\.
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 10300, this pair ranks #413,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dispositif vs dispositifs
Shared letters: dfiopst. Private to "dispositif": -. Private to "dispositifs": -.
"dispositif" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "dispositifs" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dispositif ← ddispositif · dipsositif · disopsitif · dispoistif · disposiitf · dispositfi · dispositiff · disposittif
- dispositifs ← ddispositifs · dipsositifs · disopsitifs · dispoistifs · disposiitfs · dispositfis · dispositiffs · dispositifss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dispositif" and "dispositifs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dispositif" vs "dispositifs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"dispositif" and "dispositifs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dispositif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dispositifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dispositif" and "dispositifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dispositifs vs dispositions". 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 #413,499 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.