Which to use
“proposais” and “proposait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,248
- “proposais” frequency rank
- #10,384
- “proposait” frequency rank
- 55632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | proposais | proposait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de proposer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de proposer. |
Same sound, different letters: proposais vs proposait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. proposais and proposait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: proposais vs proposait
This is the hard kind. proposais and proposait 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 a single letter - s in “proposais” becomes t in “proposait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
proposais is recorded at frequency rank #45,248, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁo.po.zɛ\. proposait is at rank #10,384, 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 55632, this pair ranks #126,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of proposais vs proposait
Shared letters: aioprs. Private to "proposais": -. Private to "proposait": t.
"proposais" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "proposait" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "proposais" and "proposait" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "proposais" vs "proposait" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"proposais" and "proposait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "proposais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "proposait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "proposais" and "proposait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proposaient 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 #126,216 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.