Which to use
“proposé” is a verb and “provost” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,143
- “proposé” frequency rank
- #41,468
- “provost” frequency rank
- 43611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | proposé | provost |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe proposer. | Variante de prevost. |
Letter map: proposé vs provost
Shared letters muted; letters that set proposé and provost apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for proposé / provost
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: proposé is averb and provostanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43611, 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\. provost is at rank #41,468, tagged as anoun.
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 43611, this pair ranks #216,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of proposé vs provost
Shared letters: oprs. Private to "proposé": é. Private to "provost": tv.
"proposé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "provost" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- provost ← porvost · pprovost · proovst · provosst · provostt · provots · provsot · provvost
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "proposé" and "provost" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "proposé" or "provost"?
What to do next
Pair "proposé" vs "provost" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "proposé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "proposé" and "provost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provoc vs provost". 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 #216,741 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.