proposéesvsproposerWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#7,611
“proposées” frequency rank
#2,242
“proposer” frequency rank
9853
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature proposées proposer
Definition Féminin pluriel de proposé. Mettre en avant, de vive voix ou par écrit, pour qu’on l’examine, pour qu’on en délibère.

Where the eye mixes proposées and proposer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. proposées runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against proposer's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
proposées
8 ch
proposer

Look-alike desk: proposées vs proposer

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: proposées is \pʁo.po.ze\ while proposer is \pʁɔ.po.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

proposées is recorded at frequency rank #7,611, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁo.po.ze\. proposer is at rank #2,242, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɔ.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 9853, this pair ranks #415,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of proposées vs proposer

Shared letters: eoprs. Private to "proposées": é. Private to "proposer": -.

"proposées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC  ·  "proposer" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • proposer ← porposer · pproposer · proopser · propoesr · proposerr · proposre · proposser · propposer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "proposées" and "proposer" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "proposées" is an adjective and "proposer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "proposées" vs "proposer" - which ranks higher?
"proposer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,242 in our French list, against #7,611 for "proposées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "proposées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "proposer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #415,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "proposées" and "proposer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proposais vs proposées". 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 #415,170 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