supplanter

\sy.plɑ̃.te\

/\sy.plɑ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“supplanter” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,169. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,169
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire perdre à quelqu’un le crédit, la faveur, l’autorité, la situation qu’il avait, et se mettre à sa place.

Corpus desk

Index FR-supplanter · supplanter · French

supplanter · rank #43,169 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #43,169
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH supportera

Nearest frequency peer: supportera (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « supplanter »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « supplanter » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

supplanter vs supplanté
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for supplanter
PropertyValue
Headwordsupplanter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sy.plɑ̃.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#43,169
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « supplanter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.supplanterse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « supportera » (#43,170), « suffisament » (#43,167), « surestimé » (#43,171). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « supplanter » est au #43,169. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around supplanter (IPA \sy.plɑ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,169 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Faire perdre à quelqu’un le crédit, la faveur, l’autorité, la situation qu’il avait, et se mettre à sa place.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for supplanter, with forms such as "spuplanter", "ssupplanter", and "suplanter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "supplanté", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is supplanter, spelled S-U-P-P-L-A-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire perdre à quelqu’un le crédit, la faveur, l’autorité, la situation qu’il avait, et se mettre à sa place.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how supplanter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pedro Gominez avait tout fait pour essayer de supplanter le secrétaire attitré.
  2. Après avoir été longtemps populaire, il a été supplanté par d’autres dans la faveur publique.

This word in other languages

supplant(English)suplantar(Español)verdrängen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spuplanter
  • ssupplanter
  • suplanter
  • suplpanter
  • suppalnter
  • supplanetr
  • supplannter
  • supplanterr
  • supplantre
  • supplantter
  • supplatner
  • suppllanter
  • supplnater
  • uspplanter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supplanter - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

spuplanter2ssupplanter1suplanter1suplpanter2suppalnter2supplanetr2supplannter1supplanterr1
Edit distance from "supplanter"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "supplanter"?
"supplanter" is spelled S-U-P-P-L-A-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.plɑ̃.te\.
What does "supplanter" mean?
As a verb, "supplanter" means: Faire perdre à quelqu’un le crédit, la faveur, l’autorité, la situation qu’il avait, et se mettre à sa place.
What words are commonly confused with "supplanter"?
"supplanter" is commonly confused with "supplanté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "supplanter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "supplanter" is \sy.plɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "supplanter" come from?
"supplanter" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "supplanter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

supportera#43,170stériliser#43,164stimulante#43,161splendeurs#43,157

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

surestimé14 variantssuffisament14 variantssuscitées14 variantssprinteur14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list