disputeravsdisputesConfusable pair

Quick tell: disputera is a verb, disputes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“disputera” is a verb and “disputes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,882
“disputera” frequency rank
#14,449
“disputes” frequency rank
58331
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disputera disputes
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de disputer. Pluriel de dispute.

Where the eye mixes disputera and disputes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. disputera runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against disputes's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
disputera
8 ch
disputes

Why the eye confuses disputera with disputes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: disputera is \dis.py.tə.ʁa\ while disputes is \dis.pyt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disputera is recorded at frequency rank #43,882, classified as averb, pronounced \dis.py.tə.ʁa\. disputes is at rank #14,449, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dis.pyt\.

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 58331, this pair ranks #109,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of disputera vs disputes

Shared letters: deipstu. Private to "disputera": ar. Private to "disputes": -.

"disputera" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "disputes" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disputera ← ddisputera · dipsutera · dispputera · disptuera · dispuetra · disputear · disputerra · disputrea
  • disputes ← ddisputes · dipsutes · dispputes · disptues · dispuets · disputess · disputse · disputtes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "disputera" and "disputes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "disputera" is a verb and "disputes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "disputera" or "disputes"?
"disputes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,449 in our French list, against #43,882 for "disputera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "disputera" and "disputes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "disputera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disputes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #109,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disputera" and "disputes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "discutera vs disputera". 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 #109,701 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