proposéesvsproposeraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#7,611
“proposées” frequency rank
#15,973
“proposera” frequency rank
23584
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature proposées proposera
Definition Féminin pluriel de proposé. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de proposer.

Where the eye mixes proposées and proposera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. proposées (CCVCVCVVC) and proposera (CCVCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
proposées
9 ch
proposera

Visual trap between proposées and proposera

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: proposées is \pʁo.po.ze\ while proposera is \pʁo.po.zə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23584, 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\. 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 23584, this pair ranks #351,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of proposées vs proposera

Shared letters: eoprs. Private to "proposées": é. Private to "proposera": a.

"proposées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC  ·  "proposera" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • proposera ← porposera · pproposera · proopsera · propoesra · proposear · proposerra · proposrea · propossera

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "proposées" and "proposera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "proposées" is an adjective and "proposera" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "proposées" or "proposera"?
"proposées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,611 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.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "proposées" 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 #351,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "proposées" 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 #351,637 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