proposéesvsproposezWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#7,611
“proposées” frequency rank
#16,973
“proposez” frequency rank
24584
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: proposées vs proposez

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

9 ch
proposées
8 ch
proposez

Homophone desk: proposées vs proposez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: proposées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24584, 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\. 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 24584, this pair ranks #345,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of proposées vs proposez

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "proposées" and "proposez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "proposées" is an adjective and "proposez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "proposées" vs "proposez" - which ranks higher?
"proposées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,611 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.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "proposées" / "proposez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "proposées" 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 #345,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "proposées" 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 #345,783 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