proposa

/\pʁo.po.za\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,838

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

proposa is aFrenchverb. It means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de proposer. Pronounced \pʁo.po.za\. Often confused with proposé and provost.

Key facts for proposa
PropertyValue
Headwordproposa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁo.po.za\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,838
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of proposa in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for proposa is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁo.po.za\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,838 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de proposer.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for proposa, with forms such as "porposa", "pproposa", and "proopsa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "proposé", "provost", "proposer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is proposa, spelled P-R-O-P-O-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de proposer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porposa,pproposa,proopsa,propoas,propossa,propposa,propsoa,prpoosa,prroposa,rpoposa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for proposa

Misspelling Variants of "proposa"

porposa7pproposa8proopsa7propoas7propossa8propposa8propsoa7prpoosa7
Misspelling Variants of "proposa"

Frequency rank: #18,838 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "proposa"?
"proposa" is spelled P-R-O-P-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁo.po.za\.
What does "proposa" mean?
As a verb, "proposa" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de proposer.
What words are commonly confused with "proposa"?
"proposa" is commonly confused with "proposé", "provost", "proposer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "proposa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "proposa" is \pʁo.po.za\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "proposa" come from?
"proposa" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.