proposévsproposeraWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“proposé” and “proposera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,143
“proposé” frequency rank
#15,973
“proposera” frequency rank
18116
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature proposé proposera
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe proposer. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de proposer.

Where the eye mixes proposé and proposera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
proposé
9 ch
proposera

Look-alike desk: proposé vs proposera

A purely visual mix-up. proposé (\pʁo.po.ze\) and proposera (\pʁo.po.zə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

proposé is recorded at frequency rank #2,143, classified as averb, pronounced \pʁo.po.ze\. proposera is at rank #15,973, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁo.po.zə.ʁa\.

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 18116, this pair ranks #379,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of proposé vs proposera

Shared letters: oprs. Private to "proposé": é. Private to "proposera": ae.

"proposé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "proposera" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • proposeraporposera · pproposera · proopsera · propoesra · proposear · proposerra · proposrea · propossera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "proposé" for "proposera" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\pʁo.po.ze\ versus \pʁo.po.zə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "proposé" vs "proposera" - which ranks higher?
"proposé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,143 in our French list, against #15,973 for "proposera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "proposé" and "proposera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "proposé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "proposera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #379,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "proposé" and "proposera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proposera vs proposerai". 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 #379,913 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list