proposévsproposezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,143
“proposé” frequency rank
#16,973
“proposez” frequency rank
19116
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature proposé proposez
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe proposer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de proposer.

Same sound, different letters: proposé vs proposez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

7 ch
proposé
8 ch
proposez

Ear matches; page differs - proposé and proposez

This is the hard kind. proposé and proposez are pronounced identically (\pʁo.po.ze\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19116, 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\. proposez is at rank #16,973, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁo.po.ze\.

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 19116, this pair ranks #374,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of proposé vs proposez

Shared letters: oprs. Private to "proposé": é. Private to "proposez": ez.

"proposé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "proposez" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • proposezporposez · pproposez · proopsez · propoesz · proposezz · propossez · proposze · propposez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "proposé" and "proposez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\pʁo.po.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "proposé" vs "proposez" - which ranks higher?
"proposé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,143 in our French list, against #16,973 for "proposez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "proposé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "proposez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #374,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "proposé" and "proposez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "préposés vs proposez". 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 #374,926 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