Which to use
“proposaient” and “proposais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,488
- “proposaient” frequency rank
- #45,248
- “proposais” frequency rank
- 74736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | proposaient | proposais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de proposer. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de proposer. |
Same sound, different letters: proposaient vs proposais
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. proposaient runs 11 letters (CCVCVCVVVCC) against proposais's 9 (CCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: proposaient vs proposais
This is the hard kind. proposaient and proposais are pronounced identically (\pʁo.po.zɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
proposaient is recorded at frequency rank #29,488, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁo.po.zɛ\. proposais is at rank #45,248, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁo.po.zɛ\.
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 74736, this pair ranks #36,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of proposaient vs proposais
Shared letters: aioprs. Private to "proposaient": ent. Private to "proposais": -.
"proposaient" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVVVCC · "proposais" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- proposaient ← porposaient · pproposaient · proopsaient · propoasient · proposaeint · proposaiennt · proposaientt · proposaietn
- proposais ← porposais · pproposais · proopsais · propoasis · proposaiss · proposasi · proposias · propossais
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"proposaient" and "proposais" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "proposaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "proposais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "proposaient" and "proposais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proposa vs proposais". 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 #36,193 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.