# suppose

> English word · Verb · IPA /səˈpəʊz/ · frequency rank #2,703

## Definitions
1. To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
2. To theorize or hypothesize.
3. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
4. To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.
5. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
6. To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently.

## Etymology
From Middle English supposen, borrowed from Old French supposer, equivalent to prefix sub- (“under”) + poser (“to place”); corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere (“to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit”), suppositum. See pose.

## Easily confused with
- **supposed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suppose-vs-supposed)
- **supple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/supple-vs-suppose)
- **support** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/support-vs-suppose)
- **sucrose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucrose-vs-suppose)

## Common misspellings (8)
`spupose`, `ssuppose`, `supopse`, `supose`, `suppoes`, `supposse`, `suppsoe`, `usppose`

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