# supper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsʌpə/ · frequency rank #10,618

## Definitions
1. Food consumed before going to bed.
2. Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
3. A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.

## Etymology
From Middle English soper, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.

## Easily confused with
- **supply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/supper-vs-supply)
- **surfer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/supper-vs-surfer)
- **Sutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/supper-vs-sutter)
- **supple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/supper-vs-supple)
- **support** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/supper-vs-support)
- **supplier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/supper-vs-supplier)
- **supp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/supp-vs-supper)
- **super** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/super-vs-supper)
- **speer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-supper)
- **summer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summer-vs-supper)
- **suffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suffer-vs-supper)
- **superb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/superb-vs-supper)
- **sniper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sniper-vs-supper)
- **sucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucker-vs-supper)
- **Sumner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sumner-vs-supper)
- **Sumter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sumter-vs-supper)
- **subpar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/subpar-vs-supper)
- **shaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaper-vs-supper)
- **skipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-supper)
- **shopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shopper-vs-supper)

## Common misspellings (6)
`spuper`, `ssupper`, `supepr`, `supperr`, `suppre`, `uspper`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/supper