# preposition vs proposition

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### preposition
*noun · IPA /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ · frequency rank #46,113*
Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.

### proposition
*noun · IPA /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/ · frequency rank #8,974*
The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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