suppvssupraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: supp is a noun, supra is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“supp” is a noun and “supra” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,869
“supp” frequency rank
#26,272
“supra” frequency rank
60141
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supp supra
Definition A support (in a competitive video game, a player or character who supports or heals their team's players rather than directly engaging enemies). Used to indicate that the current citation is from a source cited earlier in the text.

Letter map: supp vs supra

Shared letters muted; letters that set supp and supra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
supp
5 ch
supra

Role in the sentence - supp and supra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: supp is anoun and supraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

supp is recorded at frequency rank #33,869, classified as anoun. supra is at rank #26,272, tagged as anadv.

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 60141, this pair ranks #101,950 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of supp vs supra

Shared letters: psu. Private to "supp": -. Private to "supra": ar.

"supp" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "supra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suppspup · ssupp · uspp
  • supraspura · ssupra · supar · suppra · suprra · surpa · uspra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "supp" and "supra" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "supp" is a noun and "supra" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "supp" or "supra"?
"supra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,272 in our English list, against #33,869 for "supp". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "supp" and "supra". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "supp" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "supra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #101,950 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supp" and "supra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supp vs sura". 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 #101,950 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list