Which to use
“proportionné” and “proportionnée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,531
- “proportionné” frequency rank
- #36,111
- “proportionnée” frequency rank
- 83642
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | proportionné | proportionnée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dont les proportions sont en rapport avec le but recherché. | Féminin singulier de proportionné. |
Same sound, different letters: proportionné vs proportionnée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. proportionné runs 12 letters (CCVCVCCVVCCV) against proportionnée's 13 (CCVCVCCVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - proportionné and proportionnée
This is the hard kind. proportionné and proportionnée are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ.ne\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “proportionné” sits inside “proportionnée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
proportionné is recorded at frequency rank #47,531, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ.ne\. proportionnée is at rank #36,111, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ.ne\.
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 83642, this pair ranks #14,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of proportionné vs proportionnée
Shared letters: inoprté. Private to "proportionné": -. Private to "proportionnée": e.
"proportionné" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCCV · "proportionnée" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "proportionné" and "proportionnée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "proportionné" or "proportionnée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "proportionné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "proportionnée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "proportionné" and "proportionnée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proportionné vs proportionnels". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #14,460 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.