Which to use
“proposition” and “propositions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,887
- “proposition” frequency rank
- #2,732
- “propositions” frequency rank
- 4619
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | proposition | propositions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de proposer, de soumettre à un examen, à une délibération. | Pluriel de proposition. |
Same sound, different letters: proposition vs propositions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.
Homophone desk: proposition vs propositions
This is the hard kind. proposition and propositions are pronounced identically (\pʁɔ.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “proposition” sits inside “propositions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4619, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
proposition is recorded at frequency rank #1,887, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\. propositions is at rank #2,732, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɔ.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\.
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 4619, this pair ranks #431,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of proposition vs propositions
Shared letters: inoprst. Private to "proposition": -. Private to "propositions": -.
"proposition" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVC · "propositions" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- proposition ← porposition · pproposition · proopsition · propoistion · proposiiton · propositino · propositionn · propositoin
- propositions ← porpositions · ppropositions · proopsitions · propoistions · proposiitons · propositinos · propositionns · propositionss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "proposition" and "propositions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "proposition" or "propositions" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "proposition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "propositions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "proposition" and "propositions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "préposition vs propositions". 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 #431,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.