propostavspropostoConfusable pair

Quick tell: proposta is a noun, proposto is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“proposta” is a noun and “proposto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,056
“proposta” frequency rank
#6,338
“proposto” frequency rank
7394
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature proposta proposto
Definition moção que se propôs

Letter map: proposta vs proposto

Shared letters muted; letters that set proposta and proposto apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

8 ch
proposta
8 ch
proposto

Grammar separator: proposta vs proposto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: proposta is anoun and propostoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “proposta” becomes o in “proposto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

proposta is recorded at frequency rank #1,056, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɾu.ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/. proposto is at rank #6,338, tagged as anadj.

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 7394, this pair ranks #66,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of proposta vs proposto

Shared letters: oprst. Private to "proposta": a. Private to "proposto": -.

"proposta" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV  ·  "proposto" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • propostaporposta · pproposta · proopsta · proposat · propossta · propostta · propotsa · propposta
  • propostoporposto · pproposto · proopsto · proposot · propossto · propostto · propotso · propposto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "proposta" and "proposto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "proposta" is a noun and "proposto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "proposta" or "proposto" show up more?
"proposta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,056 in our Portuguese list, against #6,338 for "proposto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "proposta" and "proposto". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "proposta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "proposto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "proposta" and "proposto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proposto vs protesto". 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 #66,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list