proposéevsproposezWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: proposée is a adjective, proposez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“proposée” is an adjective and “proposez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,803
“proposée” frequency rank
#16,973
“proposez” frequency rank
22776
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature proposée proposez
Definition Féminin singulier de proposé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de proposer.

Same sound, different letters: proposée vs proposez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

8 ch
proposée
8 ch
proposez

Homophone desk: proposée vs proposez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: proposée and proposez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pʁo.po.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

proposée is recorded at frequency rank #5,803, classified as anadj, 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 22776, this pair ranks #356,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of proposée vs proposez

Shared letters: eoprs. Private to "proposée": é. Private to "proposez": z.

"proposée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV  ·  "proposez" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "proposée" and "proposez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "proposée" is an adjective and "proposez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "proposée" or "proposez" show up more?
"proposée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,803 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.

After this comparison

"proposée" and "proposez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "proposée" 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 #356,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "proposée" 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 #356,222 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