Which to use
“proportion” is a noun and “proportioned” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,002
- “proportion” frequency rank
- #40,852
- “proportioned” frequency rank
- 46854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | proportion | proportioned |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number. | Having a proportion. |
Letter map: proportion vs proportioned
Shared letters muted; letters that set proportion and proportioned apart highlighted. Shared run: 10.
Grammar separator: proportion vs proportioned
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: proportion is anoun and proportionedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “proportion” sits inside “proportioned”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
proportion is recorded at frequency rank #6,002, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/. proportioned is at rank #40,852, tagged as anadj.
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 46854, this pair ranks #207,831 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of proportion vs proportioned
Shared letters: inoprt. Private to "proportion": -. Private to "proportioned": de.
"proportion" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC · "proportioned" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- proportion ← porportion · pproportion · prooprtion · proporiton · proporrtion · proporsion · proportino · proportionn
- proportioned ← porportioned · pproportioned · prooprtioned · proporitoned · proporrtioned · proportinoed · proportioend · proportionde
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "proportion" vs "proportioned" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "proportion" and "proportioned". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "proportion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "proportioned" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #207,831 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "proportion" and "proportioned" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proportional vs proportioned". 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 #207,831 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.